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Seaman’s Day (2nd) Celebration of seafarers with parades and entertainments centring on the harbour. Icelandic National Day (17th) The day when Icelanders celebrate becoming a republic with an explosion of red, blue and white colours. When power moved from Denmark back to the country in 1944, the birth date of the leader of the independence movement Jón Sigurdsson was chosen as the day for celebration. The Arctic Open (26-29) Annual golf tournament held in the midnight sun at Akureyri Golf Club, a four-day international event for amateurs and professionals. T 462 2974, http://www.nett.is/ga for further information.
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