To accompany our attempt to capture the sometimes harsh, sometimes magical vibes of Icelandic summer, we’ve compiled the following playlist in collaboration with Iceland Music. It combines classic ...

AGF /poemproducer Friday October 27 – Mengi – Doors at 19:30 – 3.000 ISK Hailing from East-Berlin, AGF is artist Antye Greie-Ripatti. Although a more descriptive term would be sound poet, AGF is a ...

The Icelandic bus company, Stræto, paired up with American illustrator David Sopp to create a hilarious set of images that advise people what and what not to do when riding public transport. David is ...

It’s a dark day in Iceland as our collective Eurovision dreams have been dashed upon the rocks. Last night, the voters of Europe did not send Dilja forward to the grand final, making it the first time ...

Iceland’s health care system has received a new gift from deCODE genetics, crucial to the fight against cancer and Alzheimer’s. Vísir reports that Minister of Health Kristján Þór Júlíusson accepted ...

The Holuhraun eruption has ended, reports RÚV. This was officially confirmed by scientists and Iceland’s Civil Protection this weekend, though the site will remain under observation for toxic gas ...

involved in a fish processing plant. Þorgeir Pálsson, chairman of the Employment Development Society of the West Fjords, has been having discussions with a representative of Mitsubishi, through an ...

Polls are now open in Iceland, and citizens will be casting their ballots for parliament in the midst of scandals that have drawn international attention. Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson (pictured ...

Reykjavík’s bar scene has been in a state of relative stasis over the last year or two. Since the miniature craft bar revolution, the handful of new places that have appeared have been upscale ...

The Westfjords lie entirely outside of the Ring Road’s island-encompassing loop, making them one of the more remote corners of Iceland. The roads are carved into an endless sequence of vast ...

In this episode we report that the FBI’s star witness in the case against Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, has admitted lying in his evidence. The story, published in Icelandic news magazine Stundin ...

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