Photo Of The Day: Flying To Iceland


Today’s Photo of the Day may seem a bit pedestrian: it’s a cup of (likely) mediocre airplane coffee. But the napkin comes with a fun fact about Icelandic settler Ingólfur Arnarson, whose trip from Norway took four days, and there were no napkins. Too bad he couldn’t fly Iceland Air, like Flickr user shapes of dreams, who snapped this on her way to Reykjavik. Bonus points for her stylish nail color, which she dubs Blue Lagoon. It’s a fun way to learn a little about your destination while enjoying one of air travel‘s last freebies.

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Iceland Air introduces new crew uniforms – in the weirdest airline video ever

Watch this video, and prepare to enter the Twilight Zone of weird airline video clips. According to our source, the video was created by employees of Iceland Air for the 2010 crew ball, as a way to show the lineup of 2011 uniforms.

I’ll admit that my Icelandic isn’t good enough to have a clue what they are talking about, but the pleasant mix of dancing crew members and European music makes for a really neat clip.

Could you imagine United Airlines or Delta producing a video even remotely amusing?