Tourists Coming To Iceland On Shorter Trips Than Before
Research suggests that tourists are spending less time in Iceland, reports RÚV. According to data from Statistics Iceland, tourists are spending on average 3.8 nights in Iceland,
Man Saved From Esja Avalanche
A man was rescued from Esja mountain yesterday after being injured by small avalanche, reports RÚV. Although the man was a seasoned hiker, the avalanche overwhelmed him and broke
Low Wages And Digital Death: Icelandic In Crisis
The Icelandic language is vulnerable – and it’s not because of foreign loan words. In any discussion about Icelandic, Icelanders will invariably contend that their lang
Last Item I Bought: Inga Haraldsdóttir
In this series, we stop someone in the street and force them to tell us the answer to our burning question: “What’s the last item you bought?” Name: Inga Haraldsd
Moonage Daydreams: Halldór Eldjárn and Hidden Figures
For eons, mankind dreamed of going to the moon. And we did, but now the memory seems to be slipping back into some mythological past. Like Dark Age barbarians looking […]
Witching Hour: The Femininity & Magic Of Wiola Ujazdowska’s Art
Tiny glass vials filled with saliva, nail clippings, eyelashes and menstrual blood hung from a wall in Kaffibarinn this past week, not as a sacrificial offering but as something to
Saga Recap: The Tale of Þorsteinn Housebaby
This story starts with a dude called Þorsteinn Housebig. He is so huge that he can barely fit through any door in Norway. Doorway, shnorway—he just shoves himself through anyway
Some Fool Threw A Smoke Bomb Into Bónus
Capital Area Police and the fire department were called to the Bónus at Skeifan earlier, after some fool threw a smoke bomb into the supermarket. RÚV reports that no one [&hellip
Woman Falls Asleep and Gets Trapped In Tour Bus
An Australian tourist traveling with the airport bus on route to Reykjavík earlier this week dozed off on the journey and woke up to find herself locked inside the bus […]
DESTROY GARBAGE MUSIC: In The Company Of Men’s Last Stand
In The Company of Men have been an active presence in Reykjavík’s metal scene since 2011. After placing second in Músiktilraunir in 2013, and winning the Wacken Metal Battl
Get High With Sigur Rós
In what might be considered a strange collaboration, cannabis confectionary producer Lord Jones has teamed up with Sigur Rós to make cannabis-infused gumdrops. Wild Sigurberries a
Making Waves: Braving The Sea With Iceland’s Crazy Surf Gang
Hovering precariously at the edge of the incoming tide, surfboard tucked under my arm, I watch as the grey waves crash over one another. The devouring, foaming, monstrous water tha
Saga Spots: Helgafell, The Holy Mountain
Just off the road linking Stykkishólmur to the rest of Snæfellsnes, Helgafell (“Holy Mountain”) rises 73 metres above the flat, bucolic landscape of Þórsnes headland. Altho
Krútt Vs. Hip-Hop: The Fight You’ve Been Waiting For
Krútt and hip-hop are the two biggest waves in Icelandic music over the previous two decades. We decided to pit the key players from both genres against each other in […]
Island Life: News From The Icelandic Countryside
Those of us in the big city have long grown weary of the constant building of hotels. Perhaps we could take a lesson from Stöðvarfjörður, a tiny village in Iceland’s [&hellip
Quirky Culture: Where Vikings Still Rule
Run for your halberd and prepare to hack your way to Valhalla: the days of Viking rule in Iceland are apparently not over. An Icelandic high court recently handed down […]
Hour Of The Wolf: Late Nights At 10/11
Working nights as a security guard at 10-11 isn’t for the faint of heart. Iceland’s 24-hour grocery chain sees all sorts of debauchery and turpitude once the clock hits midnigh
Reykjavík Of Yore: Squatting, And The Total Failure of Zoning
Ah, the wonderful year of 1919. The year after Great War ended. The Europeans were still dealing with its devastating consequences, not knowing that it was just a short break [&hel
Pull Up Your Socks! Tanja & Loji’s Nu-Sportswear
As last month’s DesignMarch put the freshest ideas in Icelandic design on display, artists Tanja Levý and Loji Höskuldsson presented a project inspired by a field that may seem
Sound Fanatic: The Musical World of Hildur Guðnadóttir
To Hildur Guðnadóttir, film scores are more than background noise. The Berlin-based cellist and composer is set to score her highest-profile film to date, ‘Soldado’, the sequ