Iceland Copes With A Cancelled Halloween By Iona Rangeley-Wilson 27. október 2020 16:01 Pandemic sounds like a scary Halloween theme. Adobe Stock Due to the pandemic, many of the usual Halloween festivals have been cancelled, although the civil defence has not issued an official recommendation, Fréttablaðið reported this morning. For example, Rósa Konný Jóhannesdóttir leads a group that organises annual candy walks in Borgarnes. Although the walks have been growing year on year, the decision was made on Saturday that it would have to be cancelled. “I know a lot of people don’t want kids knocking at their doors these days. Then when we saw that the infection was going up a bit in Borgarnes, we decided we’d have to change our plans,” said Rósa. However, Rósa encourages people to celebrate with their kids at home as far as possible. That said, not everyone is following Rósa’s lead. The Borgarfjörður Forestry Association is planning on going ahead with their Halloween events on Friday, which will involve a bonfire, cocoa and ghost stories. In Þorlákshöfn, there will be a pandemic-safe Halloween programme all week, with a live ghost story broadcast on Facebook, as well as a car cinema on Thursday showing the films ‘Hocus Pocus’ and ‘Scream’ at the marina. Ása Berglind Hjálmarsdóttir, one of the organisers of the festival, explained that it is definitely smaller this year due to COVID. “It has seldom been so important to have a little fun and right now,” Ása said. “Trying to find some way to have fun, of course, within a certain framework. There is a group of women who are responsible for this and the parents’ association is also involved. This is a very solution-oriented group.” In Reykjavík, Halloween Iceland‘s annual blowout has been rescheduled for the end of November. While this means that resident spooky citizens will have to wait to party like it’s year 666, it also means that they have one month more to plan their costumes for their famous costume contest. Hey—in times like this it’s necessary to look on the bright side. The post Iceland Copes With A Cancelled Halloween appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine. Mest lesið Ástandið ólíðandi í Mjóddinni: „Hvernig upplifun er að mæta á svona salerni?“ Innlent Fordæmir Snorra harðlega og segir hann gamaldags Innlent Landhelgisgæslan bíður eftir rússnesku skipi Innlent Eftirlýstur náðist á nöglunum Innlent Geti reynst ógn við öryggi allra barna Innlent Vélmenni hlaðin sprengiefnum rífi niður byggingar Erlent Talíbanar óska eftir aðstoð alþjóðasamfélagsins Erlent Fagna breytingunum en hætta ekki að berjast Innlent Mótmælti nýja kerfinu í fyrra en fagnaði því í dag Innlent Nágranni hafði betur og verkstæðið verður ekki endurbyggt Innlent
Due to the pandemic, many of the usual Halloween festivals have been cancelled, although the civil defence has not issued an official recommendation, Fréttablaðið reported this morning. For example, Rósa Konný Jóhannesdóttir leads a group that organises annual candy walks in Borgarnes. Although the walks have been growing year on year, the decision was made on Saturday that it would have to be cancelled. “I know a lot of people don’t want kids knocking at their doors these days. Then when we saw that the infection was going up a bit in Borgarnes, we decided we’d have to change our plans,” said Rósa. However, Rósa encourages people to celebrate with their kids at home as far as possible. That said, not everyone is following Rósa’s lead. The Borgarfjörður Forestry Association is planning on going ahead with their Halloween events on Friday, which will involve a bonfire, cocoa and ghost stories. In Þorlákshöfn, there will be a pandemic-safe Halloween programme all week, with a live ghost story broadcast on Facebook, as well as a car cinema on Thursday showing the films ‘Hocus Pocus’ and ‘Scream’ at the marina. Ása Berglind Hjálmarsdóttir, one of the organisers of the festival, explained that it is definitely smaller this year due to COVID. “It has seldom been so important to have a little fun and right now,” Ása said. “Trying to find some way to have fun, of course, within a certain framework. There is a group of women who are responsible for this and the parents’ association is also involved. This is a very solution-oriented group.” In Reykjavík, Halloween Iceland‘s annual blowout has been rescheduled for the end of November. While this means that resident spooky citizens will have to wait to party like it’s year 666, it also means that they have one month more to plan their costumes for their famous costume contest. Hey—in times like this it’s necessary to look on the bright side. The post Iceland Copes With A Cancelled Halloween appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
Mest lesið Ástandið ólíðandi í Mjóddinni: „Hvernig upplifun er að mæta á svona salerni?“ Innlent Fordæmir Snorra harðlega og segir hann gamaldags Innlent Landhelgisgæslan bíður eftir rússnesku skipi Innlent Eftirlýstur náðist á nöglunum Innlent Geti reynst ógn við öryggi allra barna Innlent Vélmenni hlaðin sprengiefnum rífi niður byggingar Erlent Talíbanar óska eftir aðstoð alþjóðasamfélagsins Erlent Fagna breytingunum en hætta ekki að berjast Innlent Mótmælti nýja kerfinu í fyrra en fagnaði því í dag Innlent Nágranni hafði betur og verkstæðið verður ekki endurbyggt Innlent