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Published: Oct. 6, 2020, 10:07 p.m.

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\\nHalla \\xd3lafsd\\xf3ttir, a young Icelander, shares with me why she feels that people in her generation are moving away from the Reykjav\\xedk area in favor of the countryside.
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\\nHalla has a BA degree in Icelandic language and creative writing at the University of Iceland. At the Free University of Berlin, she received an MA in Visual and Media Anthropology. Halla moved back to Iceland in 2014. Even though she was born and raised in Reykjav\\xedk, she chose to move to \\xcdsafj\\xf6r\\xf0ur in 2015.  While there, she\'s been working for news and other programs of R\\xdaV, the National broadcasting service, in the Westfjords.
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\\nIt was fascinating for me to hear what she felt is driving a young Icelander, like herself, to more remote places of the country. It certainly was not what I was expecting to hear as a trend in Iceland. However, after this discussion and living in \\xcdsafj\\xf6r\\xf0ur for three weeks, I can see why a young Icelander would gravitate towards the countryside.
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\\nIt is with awe and gratitude that I share that tonight I was presented with an Equal Rights Award from the town of Mosfellsb\\xe6r. This award is for the work I\\u2019ve been doing on the All Things Iceland podcast and YouTube channel to share the experiences of different foreign nationals and Icelanders in this country. It\\u2019s an honor for me to share those stories and to shine a light on the diversity in this country. I\\u2019m so grateful that the town I live in sees the value in that work. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for this award and helping to lift up diverse voices in our community.
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