So I would encourage people to park as far away as you can and just walk. "I think you get a better experience walking, because you get to look inside the different shops, get to talk to different people. Don't even try to get down Centre Street. "The Islandic Festival is our last festival for the summer and we're looking forward to it."Īs for parking, Woroniuk laughed. You can just feel the vibrancy, feel the energy as these events progress," Woroniuk said. Every day there's lots of people walking the streets, the beach is full. "Since the start of the film festival just over a week ago, the energy has just been incredible. "The Vikings are actually going to be parading with the athletes and bringing them out to the harbour," he said. 'You can just feel the vibrancy, feel the energy as these events progress.' - Gimli Mayor Randy Woroniuk Woroniuk said the Games' medal ceremonies for sailing will take place Friday at 7 p.m. "The weather is supposed to co-operate and so we're looking to have quite a time here." "In past years it's been up to 20,000 people have showed up in this community over the three-day weekend," he said. He expects big crowds in the town again this long weekend. Winnipeg filmmaker hopes short film a Harbinger of success at Gimli Film Festival.Gimli's mayor, Randy Woroniuk, said the town has been abuzz with activity for the past week thanks to hosting the sailing events for the Canada Summer Games, as well as the Gimli Film Festival. "We have a large delegation of people coming from Iceland, so you will see and feel Iceland in Manitoba," said Rousseau. There's also ponnukokur, an Icelandic pancake, and rullupylsa, which is a roll made with lamb. "It's your wedding cake or your celebration cake in pretty much any Icelandic family." "We have our beloved vinarterta," said Rousseau, describing it as a many-layered, cookie-like cake made with figs or jam. It's always incredible," said Rousseau.įor those who want to try some Icelandic treats, there's no shortage of mouth-watering food nearby. "They do Viking battles daily at 3 o'clock. One NFL insider reports that a Cowboys loss to the 49ers could cost head coach Mike McCarthy his job, a move. Our technology enables anyone to personalize the. The stakes for Sunday’s wild-card game in Dallas may have just gotten even bigger. Currently, Albert is the co-founder/CEO of Big Viking Games, a leader in live operations of online games that have reached millions of fans, and a pioneer of breakthrough next-generation mobile HTML5 games that catalyzed and help launch the instant games platforms on a number of mobile messenger and social networks. Of course, the highlight is always the Viking village re-enactment where about 100 actors recreate the Viking lifestyle. Toronto ON - Work Remotely About Us: Parallelz is building a platform that enables anyone to instantly create, and share modified versions of their favourite mobile games. He said there will be plenty of attractions for families in Gimli this weekend, including a midway, a sand castle competition, a beach volleyball tournament and Manitoba music throughout the festival. That's going to be a large celebration," said Rousseau. Video Gimli's Icelandic Festival celebrates 125th anniversary