Emergency Room Struggling To Cope
The emergency room in Iceland’s National University Hospital is struggling to cope with the demand for services, contra the resources available, reports Vísir. As all other
Local Woman Got Horse Meat In Steak Sandwich
Local woman, Þórdís Lilja Bergs, and Kringlukráin restauranteur, Sophus Sigþórsson, are battling over semantics due to their different conceptions of the meaning of the term
Snow Storm Predicted Across Iceland
A storm is predicted across Iceland today, reports RÚV. The police have asked people to think twice before leaving the house and that those who do so anyway prepare for […]
See Emiliana Torrini, Others At Berlin X Reykjavík
February 26-March 1 at Húrra, KEX Hostel and MengiThis year, the Extreme Chill Festival and XJAZZ Festival have merged into Berlin X Reykjavík, resulting in a great lineup of 23
Black Metal Band Mutilation Rites Here! Playing A Show!
Riding off of the success of their second album, ‘Harbinger’, the Brooklyn-based filthy black metal band Mutilation Rites is finishing up its European tour with one last show a
It Only Takes A Little Discrimination To Make A Revolutionary
An interview with French-Algerian director Rachid BoucharebEveryone dreams of making a movie that will change the world, but one of the few who actually has is French-Algerian dire
All Icelanders To Be Registered To Atheism Society
In a funny albeit passive aggressive move, the board of the Icelandic atheism society, Vantrú, have voted to register all Icelanders as members, reports Vísir. “You, dear
Let Iceland Teach You How to Make a Tinder Profile
Northern Sights: A Regular Column of Inaccurate Observations and Outright LiesWeek 3 and 3/4 This year, be your best self, be the best version of yourself, be the skinny you, [&hel
Tourists Rentals Pelted By Rocks, Cars Fill With Snow
A total of ten rental cars with some unlucky tourists at the helm were caught out by a storm near Skaftafell in South East Iceland on Sunday. Though it is […]
Why Faroe Petroleum Stopped Looking in Drekasvæðið
On December 12, 2014 Iceland’s national energy authority, Orkustofnun, reported that they had “received a notification from operator Faroe Petroleum that the company along wit
Dagur & Papu
Whoa, check it out: a brand new serial comic by the one and only Magnús Dagur Sævarsson! A graduate from the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Dagur is perhaps best […]
The Curious Case Of The Banned Toothbrushes
Last month, visir.is ran a story with a headline tantamount to “Children in Reykjavík not allowed to get toothbrushes,” prompting a wave of major outrage on Icelandic social m
A New Pub Quiz Night For People Who Still Crave Glory On Sundays
Sunna and Snjólaug host an English Language Quiz at BarAnanas[pullquote]”Who were the three people involved in the first transmission from the moon?”[/pullquote] The w
Sónar, And Harpa’s Lights: An Impression
Festivals in Germany are for the most part muddy and dirty; broken bottles everywhere mix with sludge, and the toilets look like shit. You erect your tent on the festival […
Well Done Paul!
Mr. Kalkbrenner's Sónar Reykjavík set did not disappoint This is being written a few days after Paul Kalkbrenner’s set at Sónar Reykjavík, I’m still kind of blown away. I n
Innra
Rökkurró’s third album ‘Innra’ (or “inner”) comes to us four years after their quiet but stunning sophomore outing, ‘Í annan heim’. On ‘Innra’, the band’s pa
Blue Lagoon: Reservations Apparently Necessary
Visitors have been streaming into the Blue Lagoon in such high numbers this month that it has been necessary for people to book a spot in the water ahead of time, […]
Life In A Fishbowl Takes Home 12 Eddas
Though small in comparison to say, the Oscars, Iceland celebrated its annual Edda Awards for Film and Television this weekend. Baldvin Z’s drama, Life In A Fishbowl (Vonarstr
Sónar Reykjavík: For Them, And For You
Sónar Reykjavík is one of the world’s most revered music festivals. Since its inception in Barcelona, it has spread across the globe and now takes places in cities like Cape [&
Does the West Pass the Test? A Great New German Film Re-examines The Cold War In The Shadow Of Snowden
The current spate of movies set in East Germany started as far back as 2003 with the comedy Good Bye, Lenin!, actually by now as far from us in time […]