This week marks the 50th anniversary of Kvennafrídagurinn, or the Women’s Day Off, where 90% of women in Iceland went on strike to make society acutely aware of how much work — both in the ...
In the two weeks since releasing an album together, the Páll Óskar and Benni Hemm Hemm single “Eitt af blómunum” has been the number one single on Rás 2. Every rose has its thorns, however. Last week, ...
The Icelandic Met Office has posted a yellow alert, or road warning, for Southeast Iceland from 06:00 October 22, to 04:00 October 23. Stating gusts are possible up to 35 metres per second, with ...
According to an extensive news report by RÚV’s investigative programme Kveikur, Icelandic people are expected to spend approximately 36 billion ISK in illegal gambling this year. As cited by RÚV, ...
Having imported an American version of Halloween, Iceland has now imported actual bloodsuckers, as documented by Matthías Alfreðsson, an entomologist at the Institute of Natural History. Per RÚV, for ...
A brand new lagoon, Laugarás Lagoon, opened yesterday in Laugarás, about an hour and 20 minute drive from Reykjavík. According to Vísir, 50 new jobs have been created at Laugarás Lagoon. The lagoon ...
A man has been sentenced to 15 days in prison for stealing groceries worth ISK 4.496 from a Bónus store in Akureyri, reports RÚV. The District Court of Northeast Iceland delivered the sentence nearly ...
When Echoes of the End was released, the heavens opened. A rare, torrential downpour swept over Reykjavík for an entire hour — torrents flowed from the rooftops, and rivers ran through the streets. I ...
Era-defining experimental group múm release their first LP in 12 years It’s been 25 years since múm released their debut album Yesterday was dramatic, today is ok. Ushering in a new era of independent ...
A nine-year-old girl from Germany died at Reynisfjara beach on Saturday, August 2, reports RÚV. The girl was swept into the sea, and although the Icelandic Coast Guard helicopter took off 26 minutes ...
Like any intrepid tourist knows, Iceland is famed for being one of the most expensive travel destinations in the world. Everything costs 3.000 ISK, no matter what you’re buying, and the cost of living ...
July 14, 1974 saw the opening of the then-biggest and most expensive man-made structure in the history of Iceland until that time: a 904-metre-long bridge across Skeiðará, a glacial river just east of ...
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