Author: Andie Sophia Fontaine
Reminder: You Do Not Have To Be A Citizen To Vote In Iceland’s City Elections
What appears to be an honest mistake from the Independence Party’s campaign manager underlines the importance of knowing your voting…
Icelander Reportedly On Their Way To Syria To Search For Haukur Hilmarsson
An Icelander of as yet unknown identity says they are planning to travel to Afrin, Syria soon to search for…
Benefit Concert For “Girls Rock” In Reykjavik Friday Night
An exciting and cutting-edge benefit concert, with all proceeds going to Stelpur Rokka, is kicking off Friday night in Reykjavík….
Friends Of Icelandic Man Missing In Syria “Disappointed” By PM’s Response
Friends of Haukur Hilmarsson say they are “deeply disappointed” by Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir’s response to their open letter to…
Fever Ray, Blood Orange & More Added To Iceland Airwaves Lineup
The organisers of Iceland Airwaves have released a new list of acts, both from Iceland and abroad, who will be…
Fines Against Cyclists Also To Increase In Iceland
Biking without sufficient reflectors or handbrakes, and attaching a sidecar to the left side of a bike, will bring higher…
Icelandic Fugitive Ready To Come Back Home
Icelandic prison escapee Sindri Þór Stefánsson is still being held in Holland, but is likely to return to Iceland within…
Fire At Reykjavik’s Beloved Perlan
Fire struck one of Reykjavík’s most beloved landmarks, Perlan, and the cause of the blaze is at the time of…
Open Letter To Iceland’s PM Demands Action In Bringing Home Man Missing In Syria
50 days have passed since Haukur Hilmarsson was reportedly killed in action in Syria, and some 400 Icelanders have released…
Missing In Iceland: Corned Beef
Iceland’s food culture has been blossoming over the past few years. Fine restaurants have moved beyond churning out the same…
Guns N’ Roses To Perform In Iceland This Summer
American rockers Guns N’ Roses will perform in Iceland this summer, and organisers say it will be one of the…
Icelandic Rangers Want To Protect Nature From Tourism All Year Round
The Park Rangers Society of Iceland has called upon the government to ensure land management personnel at Iceland’s sites of…
60 Sq. Metre Apartments At 40 Million ISK For “First Time Buyers” In Iceland
Some 800 apartments that will soon be built in Reykjavík come with a very daunting price tag, but are intended…
Iceland’s Beloved Puffin Now Officially Endangered
The sea bird so iconic to Iceland that it has become emblematic of tourist shops is now officially in danger…
Icelandic Prison Escapee Caught, Will Be Returned To Iceland Soon
An Icelander who escaped custody and fled the country has been arrested in Holland, and will be brought back to…
Icelandic Cat Gets Stuck In Mud, Hilarity Ensues
Many people think being a cat is all sleeping, eating and sleeping some more. However, breaking news from RÚV attests…
Iceland’s Own Paris Commune: The House At Vatnsstígur 4
If you walk up Laugavegur on a summer day, as you pass the gate that blocks downtown car traffic, you…
The Creator: Iceland’s Birgitta Jónsdóttir On Poetry, Politics, And The Future
Birgitta Jónsdóttir is an Icelander with international name recognition. Perhaps best known to the rest of the world for creating…
This Day In Icelandic History: Danish Trade Monopoly Begins
April 20, 1602, was a momentous day in Iceland. It was on this day that the Kingdom of Denmark first…
Icelandic Prison Escapee Releases Statement To The Press: “Be Back Soon”
Sindri Þór Stefánsson, who escaped from a minimum security prison earlier this week and caught a plane to Sweden, wants…
The Challenges Of That Icelandic Boy Who Built A Lego Titanic
Brynjar Karl Birgisson, the autistic Icelandic boy who has taken the world by storm with his large scale model of…
More Details On Icelandic Prison Escapee Coming In
More details are coming in about fugitive Sindri Þór Stefánsson‘s final hours in Iceland before catching a plane to Sweden….
Five Strange Facts About That Icelandic Fugitive You’ve Been Hearing About
There’s a few details about the story of Sindri Þór Stefánsson, the guy who escaped prison in Iceland and flew…
Bioengineer To Be Deported From Iceland
An asylum seeker from Norway, who was stripped of citizenship in that country, will be deported from Iceland. Mahad Abib…
Tourist Head: Central Europeans “Fit Well Culturally”, Generally Better For Iceland
The new director of The Icelandic Travel Industry Association is worried about a decrease in Central European tourists, saying they…