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Opening hours over Easter 2024!

Opening hours over Easter 2024!

Dear patrons! The Easter festivities is upon us and like always we are closed over this holiday. It basically means that ...
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Emma Corradini - introduction

Emma Corradini - introduction

“Greetings! I am Emma, a 23 year old internship trainee from the University of Bologna, Italy, where I am graduating in Comparative and Postcolonial literature.
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(answer is here!) Friday quiz 2024 no. 12 - Five Easter-differences!

(answer is here!) Friday quiz 2024 no. 12 - Five Easter-differences!

(answer is here!) Dear Easter-loving patrons and quiz-lovers! Here is Friday and the quiz follows! Do you notice the five differences?
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EasterStorytime 21.3.2024 - Bumba er best!

EasterStorytime 21.3.2024 - Bumba er best!

Our storytimes are every week on Thursdays, 4:30 pm. This week we'll have a special EasterStorytime where the book Bumba er best! will be read.
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(answer) Friday quiz 2024 no. 11 - Five moomin differences

(answer) Friday quiz 2024 no. 11 - Five moomin differences

(answer) Dear patrons and moomin lovers! Here is the Friday quiz which at the same time is a great advertisement for our new moomin products and also our little gift shop!
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More cake tins!!

More cake tins!!

Dear bakers and other patrons! We want to direct your attention to an incredibly great selection of cake tins to be borrowed from us, for 30 days!
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(answers) Friday quiz 2024 no. 10 - Five differences and three women

(answers) Friday quiz 2024 no. 10 - Five differences and three women

(answers) Dear women and other patrons! Friday is here and the quiz as well. It is connected to three of our fabulous women that work here at the library and ...
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Book market again, 2024-edition!

Book market again, 2024-edition!

Dear patrons! The book market is here again and will be in the exhibition area through the month of March
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After much delay, work began on the new building in 2001.

New building of the Municipal Library is 20 years old!

Dear Akureyri people! Happy birthday! We all celebrate the 20 year old birthday of the new building and the improved older one, which was opened on 6th of March in 2004!
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(answer) Friday quiz 2024 no. 9 - Hrönn and the seven differences!

(answer) Friday quiz 2024 no. 9 - Hrönn and the seven differences!

(answer) Dear quizloving patrons! Friday is here and it is one of the seven days of the week, some families consist of seven members and the cardinal virtues are seven. The differences around our Hrönn are therefore seven and she is actually five times seven years old!
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