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 Hvítabjörninn felldur: Forðaði sér inn og sendi skilaboð á dóttur sína Innlent Reyndist ekki faðir stúlknanna Innlent Rafrettukóngur og eigandi Drekans sakaðir um 740 milljóna brot Innlent Nafn mannsins sem lést í vinnuslysi í Árborg Innlent Benedikt Sveinsson er látinn Innlent Kona á níræðisaldri sá björninn í þriggja metra fjarlægð Innlent Endalaus þrautaganga Haraldar eftir svörum Innlent Engar ábendingar borist þrátt fyrir ákall Innlent Brynjar segir af sér Innlent Senda vopnaða menn á svæðið 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 Hvítabjörninn felldur: Forðaði sér inn og sendi skilaboð á dóttur sína Innlent Reyndist ekki faðir stúlknanna Innlent Rafrettukóngur og eigandi Drekans sakaðir um 740 milljóna brot Innlent Nafn mannsins sem lést í vinnuslysi í Árborg Innlent Benedikt Sveinsson er látinn Innlent Kona á níræðisaldri sá björninn í þriggja metra fjarlægð Innlent Endalaus þrautaganga Haraldar eftir svörum Innlent Engar ábendingar borist þrátt fyrir ákall Innlent Brynjar segir af sér Innlent Senda vopnaða menn á svæðið Innlent