Author: Elías Þórsson
Tourist Risks Life For Cool Video At Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon
Last month, the Grapevine reported on a tourist who risked her life for the perfect picture at Gullfoss, but now…
Pool Yourself Together: Iceland’s Best Countryside Bathing Spots
by John Rogers and Elías Þórsson
After a long day of road tripping or hiking, nothing feels better than sliding into some hot geothermal water. Pretty…
The Sigur Rós Music Festival Gets Juicier–Way Juicier
Sigur Rós’ brainchild the music festival Norður og Niður announced a serious lineup update today. What is already looking like…
Our Gods Never Existed: Bára Gísladóttir’s Music Mass
‘Mass For Some’ is the new album by composer and a double bass player Bára Gísladóttir. It’s a strange avant-garde…
Volunteers Gather 3 Tonnes Of Plastic From Hornstrandir Nature Preserve
Annually since 2014, the volunteer organisation Hreinni Hornstrandir (Cleaner Hornstrandir) has travelled to the stunning Westfjords nature preserve to clean…
70-80 People Have Vanished Without A Trace In Iceland Since 1930
Saknað – íslensk mannshvörf 1930-2018 (Missing – Vanished Icelanders 1930-2018) is the working title of a book by Bjarki H….
Traffic At Víti Crater Has Made It Most Damaged Tourist Destination
The parking lots and walking paths by the volcanic crater Víti í Mývatnssveit in the north of Iceland are in…
“Let’s Sell Hunting Licenses For Shooting Dirt Poor Backpacker Scum”
You could say that a conference on employment in Húsavík in north Iceland, got heated this weekend, with plenty of…
Source Of Creek Soap Still A Mystery
Last week, large quantities of soap were poured into a creek in Grafarvogur, producing great amounts of foam. Despite the…
3 Times More Icelandic Kindergarteners On Antipsychotics Than Nordic Neighbours
Icelandic children under the ages of five are prescribed all forms of antipsychotics and anticonvulsant medicine around three times as…
Iceland Up 1 Spot In The New FIFA World Ranking!
We go marching on and on, hurrah! Hurrah! Our rise up the football ladder continues and on the latest FIFA…
Five Foreign Tourists Arrested Following Car Crashes
Five foreign tourists were arrested yesterday and are currently imprisoned in Þórlákshöfn after their two rental cars flipped off a…
Car Crash Pigs Given Much Needed Rest Before Being Slaughtered
Yesterday we reported on the 114 pigs that had a car accident in Árnessýsla in the south of Iceland. Despite…
Pirate Party MP Forced To Wear Eyepatch To TV Debate
Pirate Party MP Eva Pandora Baldursdóttir wrote on Facebook that due to unforeseen circumstances she’d be forced to wear an…
Twitter Trolls Backstabbing Loser Turncoat Aron Jóhannsson
Oh, Aron, Aron, Aron. What did you do? You played 10 games for our under 21 team–even scored a goal!…
114 Pigs In A Car Crash In South Iceland
A truck transporting 114 pigs in Árnsessýsla in South Iceland flipped on its side yesterday. The local fire department wrote…
Private Healthcare Provider Employee Under Investigation In Death Of 8 Year Old
A nurse working for the private homecare company Sinnum is under investigation in the 2014 death of 8 year old…
British MP Goes On Furious Rant About WOW Air In Parliament
Labour MP Darren Jones went on a passionate rant about the price of carry-on bags on WOW Air flights, in…
“Iceland Is The Size of Corpus Christi, Texas, How Can The US Not Figure This Out?”
“Iceland Is the same Size as Corpus Christi, Texas, or Anaheim, California. They can figure it out. If the United…
See The Opulent Home Of The Icelandic National Team In Russia
Preparations are already underway for our next year’s conquest of Russia, and KSÍ has revealed where the team will stay…
Iceland Will Play In A New Jersey In The World Cup
Hold up! Before you bandwagon the fuck out of Iceland’s World Cup glory and buy the fabled red, white and…
Iceland “An Inspiration To Small Nations”
Albert Bunjaki, the national football team manager for Kosovo was full of praise for the Icelandic national team following the…
Þjórsárver Protected Area Quadrupled Today
Today, the protected area around Þjórsárver by Höfsjökull in the south of Iceland will be enlarged from 358 square kilometres…
Of Monsters And Men First Icelandic Band With 1 Billion Spotify Plays
There is just no stopping the Icelandic folk-revivalist sweethearts Of Monsters and Men who in a press release wrote that they…
Government Pressured Washington Post To Remove Article About PM Scandal
The Icelandic government through the public relations company Burson-Marsteller tried to have an article about last month’s restored honour scandal…