Severe Windstorm Expected To Affect South Iceland Tomorrow
The Icelandic Met Office has issued an orange weather warning for a time period of around a day, starting from Monday 2pm and lasting until Tuesday at noon. Their website […
Holy Spirits: 6 Unforgettable Cocktails In Reykjavík
Dusty old bottles on obscure top shelves, pungent smoked bitters from god knows where, dried, crushed, colourful flower petal garnishes scattered over frothy white egg foam: these
Hatari Qualify To Compete For Iceland At Eurovision 2019 In Israel
Blank-eyed barely-hinged politically dubious hateful demonic anti-capitalist S&M zombies Hatari are going to represent cute Nordic sub-Arctic outpost Iceland at Eurovision 2019
Food & Fun Festival Turns 18, Imports Acclaimed International Chefs
Every year in February, Reykjavík foodies start preparing for the annual culinary extravaganza of the Food & Fun festival. Now in it’s 18th year, this five day event brings
#IcelandSmites: Iceland On Track To Win Euro 2020
As the European 2019-20 season heads to its climax, Iceland’s quest to be crowned the best Viking football horde in Europe looms ever closer. The Euro 2020 qualifiers are coming
Town Guide: Street Art And Raw Nature In Hellissandur
Perched out on the tip of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, Hellissandur is the last town before the Snæfellsjökull National Park. With a small tangle of streets, this windswept settle
Under The Weather: High Gales & Wild Waves In Snæfellsnes
A sudden blinding flash lights up the room. I wake from a sleepy reverie, leaping up from the bed to the attic room’s window to determine its cause. Was it […]
Eatin’ On The Dock Of The Bay At Bjargarsteinn In Grundarfjörður
We completely miss Bjargarsteinn on the first approach. I’d expected to find it right away as we trundled around the small harbour of Grundarfjörður—but no. I open up Google
Popular Reykjavík Restaurant Receives Michelin Guide “Bib Gourmand” Award
The popular dining spot SKÁL! in Hlemmur Mathöll today received a “Bib Gourmand” award from the Michelin Guide UK. The award was announced on Twitter. A #BibGourmand
Snow, Steam And Aurora At Hrífunes Nature Park
The first snow of the year has just fallen in southern Iceland as we trundle up the country road towards Hrífunes. Which is a wild tract of Icelandic outback located […]
Great Escapes: Six Of The Best Hotels For A Cosy Iceland Getaway
For all of the wild frontiers and glorious nature Iceland has to offer, not every trip has to involve a waterfall freezing your face off. Sometimes, you just want to […]
Hatari Smash Into Iceland’s Eurovision Finals; Social Conservatives Protest
Possibly-demonic, wildy deranged synth-punk S&M art-school automatons Hatari smashed through into Iceland’s Eurovision final at the weekend after dominating their semi-f
Chillaxed Indie Hipster Mac DeMarco To Star At Airwaves 2019
Airwaves 2019 is go! After a broadly successful 2018 edition under new ownership, Iceland’s best music festival announced the first wave of acts for this year’s event t
Life In Pictures: A Glacier Hike On Skaftafellsjökull
As we researched the feature for this glacier issue, getting onto the ice to experience it first hand seemed like a must. We drove down to Skaftafell on our way […]
Iceland Thaws: The Glaciers Are Melting – What Does It Mean For Iceland?
The Okjökull glacier died in 2014. It wasn’t the first Icelandic glacier to pass away. Some estimates say that up to ten named bodies of ice have previously expired, along [&hel
Feminist Glaciology: M Jackson On Ice, Climate, Culture & Gender
It seems safe to say that much of the literature around glaciers and climate change can be a little dry—no pun intended. Scientific texts on mass balance, false ogives, ground [&
The Frozen Wave: Warm Welcomes & Cold Glaciers In Borgarfjörður
“Drive past Reykholt and continue to a farm called Stóri Ás,” read the directions to Borgarfjörður’s Lava Lodge. “Cross the bridge, turn right, and continue for eight k
New In Town: CNTMP & Kaktus Espressobar
Reykjavík moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and smell the trainers and Italian coffee once in a while, you could miss it. CNTMP Laugavegur 12b A sudden appearance at [&he
Town Guide: Glaciers, History & Restaurants Galore In Höfn
The seaside town of Höfn in Hornafjörður is just off the edge of the main South Iceland tourist trail. Lying an hour east of Jökulsárlón, the traffic thins out as […]
Hatari, Skaði & Tara Mobee Amongst Contestants To Represent Iceland At Eurovision
As you may have noticed, the Eurovision Song Contest is kind of a phenomenon in Iceland. Alongside supporting the occasionally semi-successful Icelandic handball and football teams
GYÐA And GDRN Nominated For Nordic Music Prize
Two Icelandic artists have made the longlist for this year’s Nordic Music Prize. Acronymic twins GYÐA and GDRN are both up for the prestigious award, which will be presented