Iceland

Nordic Unrest

Opening the Northwest Edvard Grieg Society's 2023-2024 season Norwegian Pianist Oda Voltersvik returns with a program exploring the depths of Nordic angst with piano works by Edvard Grieg, Jean Sibelius, Atli Heimir Sveinsson, and Brian T. Field. She will be joined by cellist Christine Lee for the second half of the program to perform Grieg and Laura Netzel. The Seattle concert will be performed in [...]

By aeckel21|September 5th, 2023|Categories: Concert|Tags: Activities, cultural programming, famous Norwegians, Iceland, music, Norway culture, Norwegian culture|Comments Off

Volcano adventures in Iceland

Did you know that the Arctic region is home to volcanoes? Iceland is actually one of the most volcanically active places in the world thanks to its location on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates meet.

By Anya Britzius|March 19th, 2021|Categories: Blog|Tags: Iceland, outdoors, Viking magazine, volcanoes|Comments Off