Weekend Festivities Successful 8. ágúst 2006 11:00 Þjóðhátíð í Vestmannaeyjum 2006, Vestmannaeyjar The bank holiday weekend, Verslunarmannahelgi, went well around the country. Eighteen thousand people made their way to the north of Iceland, where festivities concluded with spectacular fireworks last night. Weather in the Westman Islands put a slight damper on the weekend, but the wind and rain didn't prevent a record of nine thousand people in Herjólfsdalur valley on Sunday from attending. Almost five thousand people went to the Neistaflug festival in east Iceland and another five thousand attended the alcohol-free Galtalækur festival whose highlights included a concert with girl-band Nylon. News News in English Mest lesið Segir afnám samsköttunar svik við kjósendur Innlent Kvikugangur frá Krýsuvík gæti náð inn í Heiðmörk Innlent Saka Bandaríkin um kúgun og svara fyrir sig Erlent Lýsa eftir Svövu Lydiu Innlent Belgískum prins synjað um félagslegar bætur Erlent Staðfestir veru úkraínskra hermanna í Belgorod Erlent ÍR kveikti á skiltinu án leyfis Innlent Tímamót í opinberri heimsókn Höllu til Noregs Innlent Tíðir Esjufarar hryggir vegna örlaga Steins Innlent Guðmundur Árni sækist eftir endurkjöri Innlent
The bank holiday weekend, Verslunarmannahelgi, went well around the country. Eighteen thousand people made their way to the north of Iceland, where festivities concluded with spectacular fireworks last night. Weather in the Westman Islands put a slight damper on the weekend, but the wind and rain didn't prevent a record of nine thousand people in Herjólfsdalur valley on Sunday from attending. Almost five thousand people went to the Neistaflug festival in east Iceland and another five thousand attended the alcohol-free Galtalækur festival whose highlights included a concert with girl-band Nylon.
News News in English Mest lesið Segir afnám samsköttunar svik við kjósendur Innlent Kvikugangur frá Krýsuvík gæti náð inn í Heiðmörk Innlent Saka Bandaríkin um kúgun og svara fyrir sig Erlent Lýsa eftir Svövu Lydiu Innlent Belgískum prins synjað um félagslegar bætur Erlent Staðfestir veru úkraínskra hermanna í Belgorod Erlent ÍR kveikti á skiltinu án leyfis Innlent Tímamót í opinberri heimsókn Höllu til Noregs Innlent Tíðir Esjufarar hryggir vegna örlaga Steins Innlent Guðmundur Árni sækist eftir endurkjöri Innlent