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A puffin on Grímsey island, caught on camera using a stick to scratch its body, is featured in a new issue of the scientific journal PNAS , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

At the beginning of the storm which visited us last night.

The ski season is on in Mt. Hlíðarfjall. For information about the area, opening hours, ski-rental and ski-school visit their web page.

The annual bonfire on New Year’s Eve in Akureyri will take place by Réttarhvammur, just above the town by the road to Mt. Hlíðarfjall. The bonfire starts at 20.30 and the fireworks about 21.10

It is getting increasingly popular to spend the Christmas holidays in Iceland - as well as the New Year's Eve. The month of December is the darkest time of the year in Iceland, but thanks to the snow and the Christmas lights and even the Northern lights that dance a cross the sky, this month turns out to be one of the more fascinating time of the year.

In Akureyri we have many guests from abroad for Christmas and New Year´s Eve. Here is a warm holiday greeting to you from the Mayor of Akureyri.

To day is winter solstice. The longest night of the year and the shortest day - in Grímsey which is Iceland's northernmost part - it is only about 2 hours daylight.

The last 1.5 week it has been snowing a lot and the town has been turned into a dreamlike fairyland.

The ski center in Mt. Hlíðarfjall above Akureyri opens to day 19th of December at 16.00

The storm is over and things are slowly turning back to normal again. Children are back in school, streets are getting cleared of snow and town buses are up and running as well as the air-traffic.