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Wine Is Technically a Food…

Wine Is Technically a Food…

…at least According to a 1960s Pamphlet. We recently stumbled upon a slim green booklet with the confident title Uses of Wine in Medical Practice, published by the “Wine Advisory Board”... Read More
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101 Reykjavík: An Icelandic Anti-Postcard Recommendation

We were recently asked by Peter, editor of Travel + Leisure, the leading travel magazine in the United States, if Bókin could recommend a single book that might help first-time... Read More
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101 Reykjavík: An Icelandic Anti-Postcard Recommendation
Austria & Iceland: A 19th-Century Romance That Lives On

Austria & Iceland: A 19th-Century Romance That Lives On

The silence in the main Eldborg hall in Harpa this April was not the empty kind, but the stillness of a thousand people holding their breath as Víkingur Ólafsson sat... Read More
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The Art of the Miniature

While unpacking a heavy box of antique books this week, a small wooden box tumbled out, etched with the name of a firm in Copenhagen. Inside, tucked away like a deck... Read More
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The Art of the Miniature
A New View on an Old Treasure: Birtingur and Hörður Ágústsson

A New View on an Old Treasure: Birtingur and Hörður Ágústsson

A recent visit to the Kópavogur Art Museum Gerðarsafn, has completely changed how I look at one of Bókins magazine staples. We have long held a collection of the Birtingur magazine... Read More
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Birds and Bees or: A Vintage book that explains everything

Spring is coming. Even in Iceland you can feel it in the air that nature is quietly resuming its oldest project: renewing itself ;-)Which is why this small book feels... Read More
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Birds and Bees or: A Vintage book that explains everything
A Lesson in Wisdom and Fairness

A Lesson in Wisdom and Fairness

Every so often, a story unfolds at the bookstore that feels like it belongs in a book itself. Three brothers contacted Bókin recently with a thoughtful request. Their grandfather had... Read More
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When New Year's Resolutions Meet March

In January we all have the best intentions. New year - new fitness routines! By March, however, those noble resolutions often begin to fade. So when Fitness with Jane Fonda... Read More
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When New Year’s Resolutions Meet March
Öskudagur at Bókin

Öskudagur at Bókin

Öskudagur is always a special day, and this year was no exception. We were happy to welcome cheerful children (along with a few adults ;-)), who stopped by the store... Read More
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