French Skippers and French Days 6. júlí 2006 13:07 The annual Skippers d Islande race is currently taking place, a boat race from Paimpol in France to Reykjavík, Iceland. The race was founded to commemorate the French fishermen who came to Iceland at the end of the nineteenth century to fish. The boat race set off from France on June 24th and the skippers arrived in Reykjavik yesterday. Today the Alliance Francaise invites them to a welcome drink and the crews of the boats will walk up the Laugavegur main shopping street at 18.30. On Friday and Saturday "French Days" will be taking place in the city, a promotion of French products organised by the French-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce. The boats leave for Grundarfjörður, west Iceland on Saturday at 13.00 and return to France on July 21st to finish the race. For further info visit www.skippersdislande.com News News in English Mest lesið Steinn liggur á grúfu og skríður niður Esju Innlent Þrjú látin: Heyrðu öskur þegar hringt var í neyðarlínu Erlent Vill tollalaus viðskipti við Evrópu Erlent Sautján ára stúlka í haldi vegna innflutnings gerviópíóða Innlent Allt að 18 stiga hiti á morgun en súld og léttskýjað í dag Veður Vita æ meira um skaðleg áhrif rafsígarettna Innlent Eini eftirlifandinn lýsir pyntingum og barsmíðum ísraelskra hermanna Erlent Kanye stal Ku Klux Klan-myndinni úr Aftenposten Erlent Ísraelsher viðurkennir rangfærslur eftir birtingu myndefnis Erlent Öskjuhlíðartimbrið komið til Eskifjarðar Innlent
The annual Skippers d Islande race is currently taking place, a boat race from Paimpol in France to Reykjavík, Iceland. The race was founded to commemorate the French fishermen who came to Iceland at the end of the nineteenth century to fish. The boat race set off from France on June 24th and the skippers arrived in Reykjavik yesterday. Today the Alliance Francaise invites them to a welcome drink and the crews of the boats will walk up the Laugavegur main shopping street at 18.30. On Friday and Saturday "French Days" will be taking place in the city, a promotion of French products organised by the French-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce. The boats leave for Grundarfjörður, west Iceland on Saturday at 13.00 and return to France on July 21st to finish the race. For further info visit www.skippersdislande.com
News News in English Mest lesið Steinn liggur á grúfu og skríður niður Esju Innlent Þrjú látin: Heyrðu öskur þegar hringt var í neyðarlínu Erlent Vill tollalaus viðskipti við Evrópu Erlent Sautján ára stúlka í haldi vegna innflutnings gerviópíóða Innlent Allt að 18 stiga hiti á morgun en súld og léttskýjað í dag Veður Vita æ meira um skaðleg áhrif rafsígarettna Innlent Eini eftirlifandinn lýsir pyntingum og barsmíðum ísraelskra hermanna Erlent Kanye stal Ku Klux Klan-myndinni úr Aftenposten Erlent Ísraelsher viðurkennir rangfærslur eftir birtingu myndefnis Erlent Öskjuhlíðartimbrið komið til Eskifjarðar Innlent