Fjóla
@fjolagud.bsky.social
Icelandic, folklorist, journalist. Lumpfish enthusiast and admirer of medieval manuscripts.
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Sæfluga / Sæengill - Sea Angel
Sjávarlíf.is
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December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Aaah, ok. More fancy than a potato with some matches sticking out of it, then.
December 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Aaah, ok. More fancy than a potato with some matches sticking out of it, then.
Neither. We don't even have hedgehogs.
December 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Neither. We don't even have hedgehogs.
I genuinely have no idea what this is or if anyone in 1950 actually thought it was a good idea.
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I genuinely have no idea what this is or if anyone in 1950 actually thought it was a good idea.
I don't know what that means!
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I don't know what that means!
I don't know, but it should be! I think this calls for further investigation (and another trip to the bar).
December 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I don't know, but it should be! I think this calls for further investigation (and another trip to the bar).
(Information stolen from the good people of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, who shared this on the first day of their own (online) advent calendar.)
Jóladagatal Árnastofnunar 2025
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December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
(Information stolen from the good people of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, who shared this on the first day of their own (online) advent calendar.)
I think I read it when I was maybe 8 or 10. The only thing I remembered was that Mary Poppins is a lot less likeable in the book than in the film.
December 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I think I read it when I was maybe 8 or 10. The only thing I remembered was that Mary Poppins is a lot less likeable in the book than in the film.
I really like that you added that last bit 😂
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I really like that you added that last bit 😂
I feel like I'd remember that 😅
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I feel like I'd remember that 😅
I will always appreciate a giant trawler looming on the other side of the bar door 😁
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I will always appreciate a giant trawler looming on the other side of the bar door 😁
It's the hotel bar of the Reykjavík Marina Hotel. It's right in front of the dockyard and it's a very cosy bar.
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It's the hotel bar of the Reykjavík Marina Hotel. It's right in front of the dockyard and it's a very cosy bar.
I was going to agree with you, but then I walked outside to discover the armour of ice I'd have to scrape off my car windows..
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I was going to agree with you, but then I walked outside to discover the armour of ice I'd have to scrape off my car windows..
Same! I just rediscovered it and I had forgotten how nice it was. They have good bar food.
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Same! I just rediscovered it and I had forgotten how nice it was. They have good bar food.
Exactly! Best view from a hair salon.
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Exactly! Best view from a hair salon.