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 ...

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 ...

Charles Dickens says, “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” That means my advice is not only useless, but an active threat! Seeking advice about the future? Problems ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

“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 ...

Residents concerned by a car filled with gasoline tanks in the parking lot of Seljakirkja Church in Breiðholt called to report the car, which was the same car used in a massive oil theft this past ...

Twenty-three artists, three days, two stages, one new venue: this is the 2025 Innipúkinn. In this year’s iteration, indoor demons will take refuge in Austurbæjarbíó. Back in 2014, a Grapevine writer ...

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 ...

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 ...