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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Stretching the meaning of the words 'summer cabin'.

Standing on the edge of a wooden deck. In front, a grassy, green patch. Further away, a foamy sea descending on a small beach. A snow-capped mountain disappears into thick, white clouds. Everything looks fabulously foggy, wet, and cold.

Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Today is Head Day (Höfuðdagur) in Iceland, named after the beheading of John the Baptist, but that's not why this day is important. It's because Head Day used to be THE weather day in Icelandic folklore. 🧵

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My daughter just got this paper embroidery thing and now my son is outraged that I haven't been able to find Marvel version. "How can there be no Marvel embroidery, mum? How?"

A child's hand embroiders with thick pink thread onto a drawing of Disney princess Aurora with pre-punched holes.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Still crushed in the morning, btw 🫠

Red-tinged scene from an anime. A boy in a cap adjusts the hood of a little girl. They are standing in tall grass and there are glowing dots all around them.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Me, looking for something to watch: "It's been two decades since I saw GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES. Wonder if I should revisit?" Me, an hour into the film: 😭 Me, an hour after the film: 😭 Me, trying to fall asleep: 😭 Worst decision this year, guys.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The road goes ever on and on and sometimes it disappears for a bit.

A rubble of dusty, brown rocks seems to magically turn into a vaguely roadlike path, also dusty brown. The sky is blue.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Never heard of this bird before but now I'm invested.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Ships coming into harbour and getting their crown of flags tells you that Fishermen's Day is soon upon us. By law, all ships must be berthed before midnight on Saturday, and they are not allowed to sail again until after 12 on Monday.

Looking down a street that ends in a view of a large, blue trawler. Look closely and you'll see a line of flags leading from the bow, up into the mast and back towards the stern.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It is 7°C, nothing is green yet, there's a bit of snow in the mountains and it'll probably rain for the next 40 days. But the summer cabin is habitable again and it's still bright out at 23:00 so I don't care, I'm declaring summer.

A glass of beer on a wooden deck. Behind it is a mountain, an ocean and in the distance, islands. There is much brown and very little green.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The big news on this fine voting day in Iceland. Let's all hope that people will start behaving themselves as the night wears on.

Screenshot from the Icelandic news, automatically translated into English:

The police in the capital area were called out today regarding a person eating an apple on a bus.

A police statement said that according to the bus driver, passengers are absolutely not allowed to eat apples on the bus. The case was handled by the police.

The police also received a report of a doorbell ringing in District 109. The individual was spoken to and told to stop bothering people.

Police also note that no reports have been received regarding polling stations in the capital area today.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

It's lambing season at my in-law's farm, and there's slow tv available.

A tablet with a live video showing the inside of a sheepshed from above. The ewes have been sorted into individual pens.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

For PERFECTLY NORMAL REASONS, I have done so many Google searches today with the words 'salmon sperm facials' in thrm that I worry about the state of my algorithm.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

My Helsinki hotel’s unsubstantiated claim about Finnland having the best drinking water in the world is quite offensive to my cultural identity, which is entirely based on ICELAND having the best drinking water in the world, actually.

A picture of a sticker on my hotel mirror urging me to turn off the tap while brushing my teeth in order to save the best drinking water in the world

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

There are few things better than stepping on undisturbed snow.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

An Icelandic record from 1985 named 'Saturday Night'. No notes 🔥

An old record sleeve with a photo of four men dressed in matching Adidas tracksuits for obscure reasons. Three of them are holding long logs/branches that are much taller than them, also for obscure reasons. And why are there not four logs/branches, as many as the men?

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

My brother used to eat little corners off book pages. In the small library of the small town we lived in, I'd sometimes get a book with a few missing top corners, and I'd know he'd read it at some point. I wonder if any of them are still there and if people have puzzled over this.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

The Polish team has a pierogi plushy! I repeat, THE POLISH TEAM HAS A PIEROGI PLUSHIE! Where is the online shop and who's going to take my money?

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Feel sudden need to own Mongolia's OL outfits.

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

☞ ☞ ☞ the index finger is a pointing gesture to be found in manuscript and print traditions. It was used to draw the reader's attention to a certain part of a text or image. This slow-moving thread highlight a few of them:

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

So thankful for winter Olympics while sick and vegging out on sofa. 7 year old daughter supports Canada because, and I quote, "They make the syrup." Can't argue with her logic.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

So, I did not remember that Helen of Troy hatched from an egg after Zeus raped her mother in the guise of a swan but now, thanks to Strange Outrage on Internet, I do.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

There are five ships sailing along the north and east of Iceland in a pattern, searching for capelin. It's a daily moment of mindfulness to check on their progress, provided by the Icelandic Marine Research Institute: skip.hafro.is

Map of Iceland. In the sea to the north and east, there are colourful lines that go back and forth, almost like a sewing pattern.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

The Iceland Space Agency is on bluesky @icelandspace.bsky.social 🥳 Have followed, and will now wait excitedly until they start posting Iceland Space Things.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The Iceland Space Agency has a strangely busy logo. It fascinates me.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

At least once a day, I think about the fact that the United States is trying to buy or steal our neighbours. That is an actual thing that's happening in my lifetime.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I have sensory issues with eating greasy or powdery food with my hands, but many, many cursed years went by before I figured out that I'm an idiot because the problem of crisps can be solved with chopsticks. Lo, I bring this knowledge to you who suffer but haven't received the same epiphany 😌

A choptick grasps a crisp. In the background, more crisps.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Tomorrow, 6 January, is the last day of Christmas in Iceland, simply called the Thirteenth. It's a good one because there is a lot of folklore attached to it (some of it is also said to apply to New Year's Day and/or Christmas Day). A little 🧵

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Tomorrow is the last day of Christmas and the separation anxiety is real.

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Haukur Þorgeirsson @haukurthorgeirsson.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Dagur prýddi dag. Ljós gladdi ljós. Sól birti sól. - Úr Krosskvæði (15. öld)

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

May have gone overboard with size of Christmas tree but regret nothing.

A rather big pine Christmas tree, decorated and lit up with fairy lights.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I mean, if this were still an option, I'd be planning my vacation now 🛳🥳

A map of Northern Europe with connecting lines from Iceland to the Faroe Islands, Shetland, Norway and Denmark. Additional lines onwards to Sweden and Scotland.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Literally everyone in Iceland except me likes swimming pools. Now even the birds are showing off.

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Swan swims in Seltjarnarnes - RÚV.is

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I didn't even show you guys the elevator.

A look inside an elevator. It is lit up by the red glow of the word 'Hell' on the elevator wall.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Weird and random things in my hotel room. This wallpaper.

Wallpaper that looks like tufted white material with threads sticking out of it.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Currently obsessed with a little creature called a 'sea angel' after interviewing the diver (Erlendur Bogason) who took this photo. The sea angel is only a few cm long and looks absurdly cute while swimming with its tiny 'wings'.

A translucent, blue creature with a yellow core, red tail, little wings, and what almost looks like little horns. Looks vaguely humanoid, but with no legs. Background is dark and it looks like it's snowing (which is not the case, since it's underwater).

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

But now this bar in the basement of a publishing house is competing for the favourite spot.

Vintage sofa and table surrounded by infustrial shelves full of books and boxes.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

This is an Icelandic Advent calendar from 1950. Because nothing says Christmas like a hedgehog made out of a potato and matchsticks that you pull out every day until the holidays.

A black-and-white newspaper cutting with an image of a creepy creature that could be a hedgehog or a possessed sheep.

Above the image is the Icelandic word for advent calendar, 'jóladagatal'. Below, in old-fashioned Icelandic, it says, translated:

Here is a fun adventure calendar made from a potato, two thumbtacks, four sticks for legs, and as many matchsticks as there are days until Christmas. Let the children remove one of the hedgehog's spines each day.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Reading Mary Poppins for the first time since I was a kid and I did NOT remember the creepy old lady who breaks off her fingers, turns them into candy, and feeds them to the Banks toddlers.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

There is a cat in my house BUT NO OPEN WINDOWS. This is a horror story by @hildur.bsky.social and here I am, completely uprepared with no handy plans for how to get rid of a body.

A yellow cat standing on my floor and staring up at me.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

My favourite bar to walk out of in Reykjavík. At least when there's a giant ship on the doorstep.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I'm named after the flower wild pansy/heartsease, but in Icelandic we just call it a violet. This name comes with the curse of constantly being gifted violet-flavoured everything and the burden of convincing guests to eat/drink it.

A bag of sweets that says 'violetas' and a small tin of violet-flavoured black tea.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

This is my favourite weather and that mentality helps if you live here.

Looking over a pond, in the distance is a row of houses and trees. They are reflected in the water. In the foreground to the left there are two people. It is very foggy and still.

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Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Ok, wait! Apparently, they are considering scrapping the current grading system for a new one. I'm sure that this time they'll go for a simple, straightforw..

Text in Danish. A row of numbers has been underlined: 00, 01, 02, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12.

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