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Friday quiz 2024 no. 16 - International Kitchen 2024 and five differences

Friday quiz 2024 no. 16 - International Kitchen 2024 and five differences

Dear food-loving and quiz-solving patrons and well-wishers! Welcome to yet another Friday and here comes quiz no. 16 this year! Since the event "International Kitchen 2024" was such a success yesterday (about 750 visitors came and tasted food from 18 countries), the quiz is dedicated to that!
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International kitchen 2024

International kitchen 2024

Dear patrons and foodlovers! Even though the library itself will be closed on First Day of Summer, a feast will be held this day (25th of April, First Day of Summer) in the form of International Kitchen, with food from 18 countries!!
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(answer) Friday quiz 2024 no. 15 - Six differences on three employees!

(answer) Friday quiz 2024 no. 15 - Six differences on three employees!

(answer) Dear quizloving and other patrons! We are proud of our employees and that's why our Friday quiz no. 15 this year has Aija, Siggi and Þura in it! And there's a bonus today: you are supposed to find six differences!
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(answer) Friday quiz 2024 no. 14 - Old webpage and five differences!

(answer) Friday quiz 2024 no. 14 - Old webpage and five differences!

(answer) Dear quiz and weekendloving patrons! Now it's Friday and it means a lot, for example this: the Friday quiz is here!!!
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Lego exhibition - which artwork is the best?

Lego exhibition - which artwork is the best?

Dear lego-loving and other patrons! On the occasion of the children's cultural festival in Akureyri, there was a Lego Day at the Municipal Library of Akureyri on April 6th.
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Swap market: books in foreign languages

Swap market: books in foreign languages

Do you have books in foreign languages that you want to gie a second life to? Bring them to the exchange market for foreign books at the Municipal Library of Akureyri April 11th to 13th. // Masz książki w językach obcych, którym chcesz dać drugie życie? Przynieś je na giełdę książek zagranicznych w Amtsbókasafnið w dniach 11–13 kwietnia.
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(answer is here) Friday quiz 2024 no. 13 - Computers and five differences!

(answer is here) Friday quiz 2024 no. 13 - Computers and five differences!

(answer is here) Dear and beloved patrons! It's Friday now and it is not good ... it's fantastic! Because we moved the two computers from the cafeteria we decided to have the Friday quiz dedicated to that!
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Oppenheimer - movie of the year 2023?

Oppenheimer - movie of the year 2023?

Dear movieloving patrons! The last place in town to borrow DVDs is the Municipal Library and one recent brilliance that has been added to our collection is the Oscar-winning movie Oppenheimer!
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Lego Day!

Lego Day!

On the occasion of the children's cultural festival in Akureyri, there will be Lego Day at Amtsbókasafnið on April 6, 2024 from 1-3 p.m.
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Hidden people and other folk creatures - exhibition 6th-30th of April!

Hidden people and other folk creatures - exhibition 6th-30th of April!

On the occasion of the Children's Culture Festival in Akureyri and a conference on Hidden Folk in the local community, the 1st grade in Glerárskóli is putting up an art exhibition in the exhibition space of the Amtsbókasafn in Akureyri this April.
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Events

New books to borrow

Interesting facts

- Pick-sticks and massage device in the library: Even in winter time, people like to clean up in their area and they can borrow so called pick-sticks for that.

- TV screen: The TV screen in the main desk area is situated at the conjunction of the old building and the new one. In that slideshow you can find a lot of useful and fun information related to the library.

- A late return!!! At a library in Australia in the year 2011, a book was returned ... 122 years after having been borrowed.