Happy Beer Day!

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

On March 1st 1989 Icelanders were allowed to buy full-strength beer for the first time in decades. Beer had been outlawed in the country since 1915. Roger Protz has been looking into the history of prohibition in Iceland.

Photo: A bartender pouring beer. Credit: Getty Creative Stock/iStock.

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