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SEEDS 59. Photo Marathon and Culture Night in Reykjavik
20.08.2011
What does it mean that another photo marathon is finished?
Tic tac tic tac… That we can enjoy the photo exhibition of the group! This time we had volunteers from 14 different countries - Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Portugal, Russia, Spain,...
SEEDS 83. Reykjavík - Support in the Centre
19.08.2011
We spent two great weeks in Reykjavik, supporting the staff in a centre for people with psychological problems.
Our work mainly consisted of doing gardening work and conducting a number of workshops in the centre. We were doing a mobile workshop, dance workshops, a language exchange afternoon...
SEEDS 60. Unique West Fjords
17.08.2011
The West Fjords are one of the most beautiful and incredible places in Iceland!
We had the opportunity to spend two weeks in a guest house helping our host with the routine tasks of the place. Imagine waking up every day in a wonderful landscape in the North-West of Iceland, with the sea in front...
SEEDS 82. Cycling the Circle
14.08.2011
Cycling and Sun in the South of Iceland
On the 14th of August it was a sunny day. Over the last two weeks, while cycling around the south of Iceland, there have been few moments where such an assured statement can be made. This cycling work-camp has been at the mercy of all types of Icelandic...
SEEDS 54. Stepping back in time
12.08.2011
Today, the 12th of August, the Medieval Festival in Eyrarbakki will start.
In this location a group of twelve volunteers from Hong Kong, Belarus, Hungary, France, Austria, Spain and Belgium will help in all the events that will take place.
The festival will last for the next three days and...
SEEDS 50. Meet us, don't eat us
03.08.2011
Today was Magic Waffle Day!
It wasn’t “Magic Waffle Day” from the beginning, but more like dark, rainy and moody for us, the whales. “Whales” is how we call each other in this workcamp centered on whale protection. We all received a training on the whaling issues...
SEEDS 43. Njálsbrennuhátíð - Viking festival
03.08.2011
The Viking festival workcamp in the south of Iceland, in the small town Hvolsvöllur, was very popular among SEEDS volunteers this year.
Many volunteers from all over the world created a memorable atmosphere of the old viking times in Iceland. We lived and prepared the festival next to the...
SEEDS 51. Photo Marathon & Gay Pride!
28.07.2011
Colours, colours!!! This time volunteers from 12 different countries – Colombia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia and Spain - will hang up their photo exhibition under the topic EYESland – Colours of Reykjavík.
The exhibition...
SEEDS 73. Rey Cup - Football Festival for Kids
27.07.2011
The Rey Cup Football Festival for kids was initiated by a group of motivated teachers, whose kids were playing football and it has become one of the biggest events for the summer in Reykjavik at the moment.
Many Icelandic parents volunteer for the event and this year SEEDS volunteers joined them...
SEEDS 81. Viking Festival & Fire in Húnaþing
27.07.2011
Imagine dressing up like a Viking and playing with swords and axes, shooting arrows with real Icelandic bows. Everything you could imagine related to Icelandic and Viking culture is in this workcamp.
We played Viking games, we built real Viking tents from wood with the help of our host, made a...