The Westfjords Police and the Icelandic Coast Guard are currently conducting polar bear surveillance, particularly around the Hornstrandir area, following a video received by the police yesterday, ...

The septic tank in Vík í Mýrdal can no longer handle the sheer number of tourists, sometimes resulting in a bad smell in the town, reports Vísir. In addition, the local residents occasionally have to ...

Einar Örn Ólafsson, CEO of Play, does not rule out the airline delisting from the stock exchange and ceasing operations in Iceland altogether should market conditions become too difficult, reports RÚV ...

Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, is in New York City attending a meeting focused on the potential of a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel, hosted by the ...

The Icelandic króna is at one of its strongest levels in history, making Iceland considerably more expensive than Norway and raising concerns about the competitiveness of the country’s export sectors, ...

A good woollen sweater never goes out of fashion. As anyone shivering through a chilly — or, more often than not, downright freezing — summer night in Iceland knows, it’s handy all year round. For ...

“My sister and I went to school on the opposite side of the mountain,” says Héðinn Birnir Ásbjörnsson, pointing across the fjord. “When the roads closed in October or November, we stayed there for a ...

If you’ve been living under a rock, or only read The Grapevine online, then you don’t know that we’ve started doing album (and single) reviews again! On this happy Friday, we’ve decided to publish our ...

People with disabilities are being fined again and again for not paying at parking spaces — even though they are legally exempt, reports Vísir. The situation is unacceptable, says Bergur Þorri ...

Over the last decade, Iceland has undergone many transformations — but few as striking as the evolution of its culinary landscape. Quality ingredients, innovative cooking, and delicious meals are now ...

The Borealis Data Center is a nondescript building next to a horse farm on the outskirts of Blönduós, a town of 800 inhabitants in the north of Iceland. Entering the building, after you make it past ...

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