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Winners Of The 2019 Icelandic Art Awards Announced
Two Icelandic artists have received prestigious national awards, announced to a statement to the press from the Reyjavík Art Museum. Visual artist Eygló Harðardóttir was named the Artist of the Year for her solo exhibition ‘Another Space’ at the Living Art Museum.…
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Orange And Yellow Alerts For Iceland, Strong Wind
Weather reports predict strong winds in the Eastern half of Iceland. Traveling by car is not advised, and there may be domestic flight cancellations. Strong winds of up to 30m/s are expected in Northeast, East coast, Central highlands, and Southeast Iceland tomorrow,…
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Faroe Islands “Closed”, Will Welcome Maintenance Volunteers
Iceland’s neighbour, the Faroe Islands, plans to close for maintenance in April. The self-governing Danish territory will undertake a series of preservation projects over the weekend of April 25th-27th. The Faroe Islands invites 100 visitors to join locals for the clean-up of…
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Men In Iceland Live Longer Than Women
The 2019 Eurostat report puts Iceland well above the European Union average for healthy life expectancy. Iceland also defies the global trend in terms of life expectancy between men and women. According the data, in Iceland, men live longer healthy lives than…
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Some 6,000 Icelanders Estimated To Be Intersex
On Monday, February, 18, Amnesty International published a new report on the right to health for people with variations of sex characteristics in Iceland. It is estimated that 1.7% of the global population is born with atypical biological sex characteristics. This means…
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This Week In Icelandic Weather: Rain, Rain, And More Rain
Get your rain boots on and have your umbrellas on standby — it is going to be a wet one. With the exception of Monday and Wednesday, this week will bring us clouds, winds, occasional snow and, you guessed it, rain. The…
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Icelander Missing In Ireland
41-year-old Jón Þröstur Jónsson went missing in Whitehall, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland on Saturday, February 9th. He is described as a 6’3’’ tall man, medium built, with short brown hair. When he was last seen, Jón Þröstur was wearing a black…
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City Officials Propose Separate School For Children Of Refugees And Asylum Seekers
A working group suggests establishing a special school department for children of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Iceland. A city committee on the reception and integration of these children proposes the department to be created near the Vogaskóli school in Reykjavík.…
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US Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo To Visit Iceland Today
After his visit to Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Belgium, Mike Pompeo, the United States Secretary of State will finish off his week’s worth of visits in Iceland. He is set to meet with Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir and Foreign Minister Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson…
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People Named ‘Valentine’ Can Get A Free Trip To Iceland
If your name is Valentine, all the days of strangers associating you with Valentine’s Day have paid off. It looks like you can finally graduate from seeing Iceland through Instagram to exploring it for yourself. WOW Air is offering any passenger named…
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More Than 100 People Protest Deportations of Refugees & Asylum Seekers From Iceland
Yesterday, on February 13th, No Borders Iceland held a protest against the deportation of refugees from Iceland. More than a hundred people, led by refugees and asylum seekers, marched from Hallgrímskirkja church to the front of the parliament building at Austurvöllur. Despite…
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Protest Tomorrow Against Deportations of Refugees From Iceland
On Wednesday, Feb. 13, No Borders Iceland and numerous asylum seekers will hold a protest against the deportation of refugees in Iceland. The group pushes for changes in Iceland’s immigration and asylum seekers policies, as well as a stop to the use…
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A Bleak Week Ahead For Icelandic Weather
With occasional sighting of sunshine in North Iceland on Tuesday, this week is looking to be a grey one. At the start of the week, snow will turn to rain in the Reykjavik area, persisting till Tuesday. The temperature in the capital…
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Björk’s Most Elaborate Staged Concert Set To Premiere, New Director Announced
Björk will debut a new theatrical production in New York City this May. Entitled ‘Cornucopia,’ Björk has teamed up with visual artists and filmmakers for her “most elaborate stage concert yet,” the singer wrote on Twitter. i am very excited to announce…
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RuPaul’s Drag Race Queens Won An Unforgettable Trip To Iceland
Last Friday, Feb. 1, two queens on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars won a mega-packed trip of a lifetime to Iceland. Two winners of the episode’s makeover challenge, Monet X Change and Naomi Smalls, received one of the biggest prizes in the…
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Orange And Yellow Alerts Issued For Iceland Today
Today, the Icelandic Met Office issued an Orange alert for weather in South Iceland. Strong gales or storms are expected as well as localised violent storms in the eastern mountainous region. Sudden, severe blasts of wind of up to 45 m/s are predicted,…
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The Big Chill Is Here To Stay
If last week’s chill got you wishing for warmth, alas, you wishes have not been heard. Here is the latest forecast for Iceland from Icelandic Met Office. In Reykjavik, this week will start cloudy with winds reaching 18m/s midweek. Temperatures are expected…
