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The Museum of Copenhagen is currently hosting an imaginative exhibition on the bicycle culture of Copenhagen. The exhibition follows the history of Copenhagen’s bicycle tradition from the Draisine to the modern bicycle. The exhibition explores the biking habits of Copenhageners throughout the ages and focuses on the representation of bicycles in art, literature and popular music. The exhibition will also contain a number of personal tales of cycling and the city from known and unknown contemporary Copenhageners. Prominent local inventions such as the Long John or Christiania bikes are also on show.

With thirty-six percent of Copenhageners travelling to work or school on a bicycle cycling is one Copenhagen’s most popular forms of transportation. Read more…

The Icelandic horse is a unique breed which can trace its ancestry directly back to the Viking settlement. Due to its many centuries of isolation, the breed has developed strong characteristics and distinctive features that make Icelandic horses particularly prized among horse lovers the world over.

Never call an Icelandic horse a pony! They may be on the small side, but Icelandic horses are incredibly strong, sure footed and intelligent. They also have a unique appearance, with their thick coats and long manes which help keep them warm in the harsh winter. They are one of very few thoroughbred horse breeds to come in many different colours. Read more…

The Grand Hotel Reykjavik triumphed this year by accommodating the World record-breaking paralympic athletes of the 2009 IPC Swimming European Championships.

A winning performance was provided by the Grand Hotel Reykjavik for this year’s record-breaking paralympic athletes throughout the 2009 IPC Swimming European Championships, held between 18th-24th October. Over seven days 73 European records and a phenomenal 24 World records were broken collectively during the event. Read more…

Iceland is a land famed for its utterly unique landscape, its volcanoes, glaciers, hot springs and towering mountains. There are those who visit to bathe, to hike, or simply for sightseeing; but Iceland has much more on offer than you might imagine.

Iceland has a fascinating history – home to the writers of the Viking sagas, the longest-serving democratic parliament in the world and a vivid folklore tradition – there is a wide variety of ways the tourist can take a closer look. Read more…

At RareBoxingClips we are proud to be able to offer a massive (and ever-growing) catalogue of rare and classic boxing fights and documentaries at unbeatable prices. Read more…

Tomy is calling for all entries into the UK Rummikub Championship. Rummikub is the unique, fast-paced numbers game of tile manipulation. Build “runs” or “sets” of numbers then recombine the tiles in different ways to achieve the highest score. One of the world’s most compulsive family games, it’s easy to learn and a challenge to master! The UK Rummikub Championships takes place every three years and the winner gets the chance to represent Britain at the World Rummikub Championships event held in Marbella, Spain in November.

The UK Rummikub Championship qualification games will be held online. To take part in the UK Championships please visit the Rummikub page on Tomy’s website and click on the World Rummikub Championship Banner. This will take you to a page where you can register to join one of the UK preliminary tournaments. Read more…

Britain’s Kim Lumley won the Women’s category in the world famous Catalina Water Ski Race at Long Beach California on Saturday for the 7th time. Incredibly, she also finished 3rd overall amongst the Men, with former World Champion Todd Haig (USA) winning overall for the 9th time.

The 27 year old Cambridgeshire athlete shattered the all-time Women’s record by 5 minutes in this 61st running of the Catalina Water Ski Race which sees skiers and 45 foot Miami Vice style powerboats race from the Queen Mary at Long Beach to Catalina Island and back in the annual 64 mile international event. Reaching speeds of almost 100mph in the shark infested ocean, Kim fought off competition from other top women from around the world including all but two men.
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Scottish-based marketing and events agency, GMFCo, have won a 3-way pitch against 2 London based agencies and have been appointed by The World Boxing Council (WBC) for The Night of Champions which will take place in Cardiff next August.

The WBC Night of Champions is an event to showcase the best boxing in the last four years and will give awards to the greatest boxing champions of all time. It is an established, high profile and commercially successful show which will be broadcast on television worldwide, gaining exposure for the sport, the legacy of the champions and the host location. The event will also give an informing narrative to a wider population of the best aspects of the sport reinforcing these to a worldwide audience. Read more…

iSocial empowers webmasters to offer smooth and well-designed networking site to users. As an introductory offer, the customers of Agriya infoway, the proprietors of iSocial will be given discounts.

Chennai, India: June 26, 2009 – Today, Agriya Infoway, a Chennai-based web development company unveiled the new version of their social networking script, iSocial 1.0.1. They claim iSocial to be the next generation social networking software aimed at businesses and enterprises, but can still be used like a traditional social network. Read more…

Employees from Hammersmith-based Avanta Managed Offices are planning to take part in a 5.6 Km race to help raise funds for the UK’s leading children’s medical research charity, Sparks, as part of the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge 2009.

“Our team is made up of ten people from across our 18 business centres,” comments Anna Haslam, Avanta’s marketing manager, who will be leading the team when the race starts in Battersea Park at 6.45pm on the evening of Thursday 9th July. “We are really looking forward to this event as we’ve got a really enthusiastic team taking part and are hoping to raise over £1,000 for Sparks. Read more…