The incident occurred in Vestari-Jökulsá in Skagafjörður when a foreign tourist fell into the river. The North West Iceland Police said the alert was received shortly before 13:00.

For all its vast tracts of empty landscape, finding solitude in Iceland is becoming harder and harder — particularly at the height of the summer tourism season. Many people are drawn here to seek a ...

Since its founding in July of 2023, Ólafur Arnalds’ OPIA Community has united musicians, creatives, and fans of the musician within its multi-faceted hub. OPIA Community is “three-pronged;” they have ...

In a press release yesterday, Alaska Airlines announced it will begin offering flights from Seattle to London and Reykjavík, starting in Spring 2026. We here in Reykjavík are charmed and surprised to ...

Effective today at 04:00 GMT, the import tariff on Icelandic goods to the United States rises from 10 percent to 15 percent. This rise to 15 percent was announced on July 31, as opposed to the ...

The twelfth eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula has ended, the Icelandic Met Office announced yesterday. The eruption lasted for 20 days, and it was the ninth eruption in Sundhnúksgígaröðin (the ...

Katla Yamagata hit the scene with a bang in September last year, when her debut EP Postulín(“Porcelain”) dropped, seemingly out of nowhere. Produced by JóiPé, it’s a 13-minute journey through five ...

A baby was born in a moving car in the middle of the Hvalfjörður Tunnel last week, reports RÚV. The parents believe he is the first Icelandic baby to be born below sea level. Harpa Marín and Páll ...

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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 ...

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 ...