{"id":28005,"date":"2026-05-19T14:46:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zetcom.com\/iceland-island-of-lived-serenity\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:02:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:02:41","slug":"iceland-island-of-lived-serenity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zetcom.com\/en\/iceland-island-of-lived-serenity\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland, an Island of Lived Serenity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28005\" class=\"elementor elementor-28005 elementor-27993\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9679390 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9679390\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf9a60d\" data-id=\"cf9a60d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bde9e74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bde9e74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are simply too many online meetings. We need to get out of the office and back into real life. How about Iceland? That&#8217;s what <strong>Marcel Zemp<\/strong> and <strong>Richard Herz<\/strong>, founders and co-CEOs of zetcom, decided. A good reason for the trip to Iceland was quickly found. In Selfoss, the annual conference of museum professionals took place in October 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/sarpur.is\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarpur<\/a>, the Icelandic cultural heritage database, is currently being migrated to MuseumPlus \u2014 and at this museum conference in southern Iceland, the rollout was discussed and celebrated.<\/p><p>So, Iceland it was. What a natural spectacle! Volcanoes paired with glaciers, wild beaches meeting vast landscapes, the gaze losing itself on the horizon. And not a soul in sight \u2014 at most a few horses, for whom time seems to stand still. &#8220;I used to walk a lot on my own and sing at the top of my lungs. I think a lot of Icelandic people do this. 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Traditions are to be preserved and the country&#8217;s history passed on.<\/p><p>&#8220;Our museums are the collective memory banks of the nation. They don&#8217;t just show us what happened, but how it shaped us, providing essential threads to understand who we are as Icelanders,&#8221; summarises cultural sociologist <strong>Dr. Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir.<\/strong><\/p><p>Through the Icelandic passion for collecting and preserving, many private homes gradually become small museums. From <strong>Sveinbj\u00f6rg Sveinsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, director of the consortium of Icelandic libraries, it became clear how important it is for the country&#8217;s many small museums to network with one another \u2014 and to engage in exchange with international collections. The MuseumPlus Community Version will now help to make this possible.<\/p><p>What remains from zetcom&#8217;s spontaneous trip to Iceland is the short film Iceland Journey \u2014 and the memory of Iceland as a welcoming island of lived serenity, free from hustle and unnecessary fuss.<\/p><div id=\"56AA3328_9C1E_6F7F_D8B6_69619F005B69\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are simply too many online meetings. We need to get out of the office and back into real life. How about Iceland? That&#8217;s what Marcel Zemp and Richard Herz, founders and co-CEOs of zetcom, decided. A good reason for the trip to Iceland was quickly found. 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