Don’t Ask Nanna: About The Heatwave
Hey Nanna, I planned a holiday in ICEland to get AWAY from hot weather and now I’ve read there’s going to be a heatwave this week! What gives? Florida Man […]
Hour of The Wolf: Mysterious Silence At BSÍ
To people who have lived outside of Iceland their whole life, bus stations are generally associated with dirt, putrid bodily fluids and sour-looking people. Nevertheless, precisely
Reykjavík Drusluganga: Mainstreaming The “Slut”
Have you ever drank too much? Worn stereotypically provocative clothes? Flirted? Well, according to one Canadian police officer in 2011, this was the reason women faced sexual viol
Puking Robots And Mutated Dinosaurs: Iceland’s Comic Underground
The history of Icelandic comics has many prophets, but a small flock. After an influx of European comics through local publisher Fjölvi in the 1970s, and the translated Marvel and
What Does Your Rainbow Look Like?
“I’m not educated in art,” Jóhann tells us at his home in Vesturbær. “At a very early age, when the French New Wave came, the Icelandic cinemas didn’t want to [
VIDEO: Understand Icelandic In 3 Words
If you find it too tedious and time consuming to actually learn Icelandic, consider watching this video where we teach you how to pick out three key phrases from conversations [&he
New In Town: Bao Bun
It’s a-bao time Chinese street food arrived in Reykjavík. Parked outside Skúli Craft Bar, the Bao Bun food truck offers steamed buns filled with not-so traditional fillings
Time Capsule: The Old Prison
The old prison in Reykjavík (called “Hegningarhúsið” in Icelandic), located just down the street from Hallgrímskirkja, pretty much looks like how one would imagine
All Aboard The Lava Express! That Train Will Soon Be Here At Last
You’ve been hearing about it for years now. You probably thought it was never going to happen. But now it looks as though the legendary train between Keflavík International Airp
Iceland: Against Nuclear Weapons, But Not Really
Iceland is well known for being a peaceful country with no standing army. However, that image deserves nuance: Iceland is a member of NATO, and has unquestionably abided anything N
Money Laundering In Iceland, And How We’re Fighting It
Guðrún Árnadóttir and Björn Þorvaldsson do not have the most glamorous jobs in the world. In fact, chances are you never heard of them before if you haven’t been following
Icelandic Facebook Groups: Kúrufélaga grúbban
In other parts of the world, lonely people flock to Craigslist. A quick scan of the New York City personals board sees posts begging for sex, advertising “sensual massages,” an
Buy Shit: Kyrja Clothing, Angan Skincare & Djúpur
Back away from the stuffed puffin: buy these top-notch souvenirs instead, including Kyrja Clothing, Angan Skincare, Djúpur chocolate, and a Gísli Pálmi CD. Gísli Pálmi Album I
Reader’s Letter: Tourists, Tourists, Tourists
Hey, I am Greek. I love Icelandic nature and I have a lot of friends in Iceland. My boyfriend is Icelandic. My message is in relation to your recent post […]
Missing In Iceland: Jukeboxes
Granted, these may be increasingly fewer in numbers everywhere around the world, but jukeboxes are conspicuously absent in Iceland. Which is a real shame: one of the best parts of
Ask A Historian: Has Iceland Ever Been Involved In Any Wars Or Conflicts
Stefán Pálsson, Icelandic historian, explains: “As a NATO member Iceland have participated in wars and conflicts that NATO has engaged in. For example in Iraq and the NATO prog
Reykjavík Of Yore: A Spinning Political Monument
Perlan in Öskjuhlíð is some kind of Icelandic version of a Ferris wheel. The restaurant on top of the old tanks where Reykvíkingar used to store their hot water turns […
Iceland Behind The Shutter
Icelanders are slowly getting used to the idea of temporarily sharing their country with massive amounts of tourists. As tourism industry revenue has grown to a staggering 31% of t
Word Of The Issue: Farfuglaheimili
Iceland may be on everyone’s bucket list, but did you know that it’s also a firm favourite with migratory birds? Each year, thousands of species stop off en route to […]
A New Hope: Meet The Women Fighting Domestic Violence
Iceland: a utopia for women, forged by equality. In recent years, international surveys have consistently named the country as the best in the world in which to be a woman—yet [&
Hour Of The Wolf: Cheeseburgers Got Nothing On A Fifteen-Topping Pizza
Joaquim Monera Carretey is preparing for his night shift at champion pizza joint Eldsmiðjan. I don’t know what I had imagined when it comes to late night shifts at a […]