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Dear patrons! It's December 1st and time for our weekly quiz! This time it's related to a former head librarian here who once wrote something about feathers ...

Dear patrons! As always on Thursdays, we'll have the weekly storytime today at 4.30 pm. Two books will be read:

Dear patrons! Last Saturday evening, 25th of November, was one of many evenings/nights where we are expecting to be able to enjoy the beautiful northern lights over Akureyri.

Eydís, our children's librarian, has made a time-together-calendar. You can get a printed copy at the library itself.

(answers below) Dear stair-loving patrons! It is fun going up and down the stairs, right? To increase that joy, we have decided to relate the five differences this Friday to it. Fun fun. (And not a bad idea to solve this on site!)

Dear libraryloving patrons! The picture here is taken after the library was closed at 10 pm tonight. This is a part of our effort to ...

(Correct answers below!) Dear quiz-loving patrons! Because we are having so many new movies in our library holdings, the quiz of the week is connected to the most popular film this year: Barbie. - Find five differences!

Dear movieloving patrons! The best DVD place is at it again and everything for you! Now we have few new films on DVD in the house and you should check them out!

We invite you to watch the Ukrainian film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors at the Akureyri library on November 16 at 7:00 p.m. Running time: 1h 35 min.

(picture with right answer is here!) Dear patrons! Hopefully you liked seeing all those old pictures of the building here at Brekkugata 17 yesterday, when the building was celebrating its 55 yr old birthday. The quiz is using one of these pictures and you are supposed to find ... five differences!

The Municipal Library of Akureyri is the oldest institution of the Akureyri municipality. The building by Brekkugata 17 was formally opened on November 9th, 1968, and will therefore turn 55 yrs old next Thursday (9th of November).