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 Játaði fjárdrátt og endurgreiðir samkvæmt samkomulagi Innlent Hommar mega enn ekki gefa blóð Innlent Ísraelsmenn hafi gengist við skilyrðum vopnahlés Erlent Tekjur af bjórsölu orðnar meiri en af miðasölu Innlent Matargjöfum Fjölskylduhjálpar hætt: „Stingur okkur í hjartastað“ Innlent Umræðum haldið áfram eftir langan fund þingflokksformanna Innlent Magnús Þór lést við strandveiðar Innlent Kviðdómur komst að niðurstöðu í fjórum fimm ákæruliða Diddy Erlent Hvammsvirkjun bíður dóms Hæstaréttar Innlent Andlát í Garðabæ: Úrskurðuð í gæsluvarðhald umfram hámarkslengd 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 Játaði fjárdrátt og endurgreiðir samkvæmt samkomulagi Innlent Hommar mega enn ekki gefa blóð Innlent Ísraelsmenn hafi gengist við skilyrðum vopnahlés Erlent Tekjur af bjórsölu orðnar meiri en af miðasölu Innlent Matargjöfum Fjölskylduhjálpar hætt: „Stingur okkur í hjartastað“ Innlent Umræðum haldið áfram eftir langan fund þingflokksformanna Innlent Magnús Þór lést við strandveiðar Innlent Kviðdómur komst að niðurstöðu í fjórum fimm ákæruliða Diddy Erlent Hvammsvirkjun bíður dóms Hæstaréttar Innlent Andlát í Garðabæ: Úrskurðuð í gæsluvarðhald umfram hámarkslengd Innlent