Author: Elías Þórsson
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…
Word Of The Issue: Kvennabósi
Around the year 1300, the Saga of Bósi and Herraud was written. It tells of the fantastic adventures of two…
Winds Of Up To 40 MPS Storm Hitting Iceland Today
Winds up to 40 metres a second, rain, sleet and snow, but what else is new? It’s the most wonderful…
9 Year Old Rapper Takes Icelandic Hip Hop Scene By Storm
“I am twenty six in fourth grade, the only one in this class with a beard”, those are the opening…
Sjón & Jón Kalman Among Likely Nobel Prize Winners
Tomorrow, the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in literature will be announced and according to bookies our very own…
Alcohol Tax: Iceland Pay The Most In Europe
With the proposed 2018 government budget, alcohol taxes will become the highest in Europe, the Icelandic Federation of Trade wrote…
Large American Flag Stolen In Siglufjörður Returned By Milkman
A large American flag was stolen from a flagpole in the town Siglufjörður in the north of Iceland this weekend,…
31% Of Inmates Suicidal, 80% Addicted To Drugs
Speaking at a conference hosted by SÁÁ, the National Centre of Addiction Medicine, Þráinn Farestveit, director of the halfway house…
15-20 Thousand Icelanders Habitual Cannabis Users
Around 15-20 thousand Icelanders, or around 5.2% of the total population, use cannabis regularly, according to Helgi Gunnlaugsson, a professor…
5 Icelanders Stuck At Mandalay Bay Casino: “People Scattered & Ran”
Five Icelanders from the company NetApp were attending a conference in Las Vegas and were staying at the Mandalay Hotel…
Pirate Party Voters Least Neighbourly Icelanders
A new poll by Market and media research has found that 87.8% of Icelanders are happy with their neighbours, but…
Morgunblaðið Goes Full On Xenophobia With Miserable Cartoon
Iceland’s oldest newspaper Morgunblaðið went further in its strange spiral into weirdness today with what is possibly the most xenophobic…
Serious Flooding In East Iceland Causing Widespread Damages
Yesterday, following heavy rains Jökulsá river in the Eastfjords overflowed its banks causing widespread damage to property and disruption. More…
Hurrah, More Oversized Ugly Puffin Dolls!
A common complaint you hear from tourists and locals alike is that there aren’t enough puffin dolls available. The Grapevine…
Growing Food Shortages In Isolated Westman Islands
With shipping to and from Heimaey seriously disrupted, the island chain’s only populated island, supermarkets have started to look deserted,…
Former Foreign Minister: Helping Sheep Farmers As Important As Helping Refugee Children
Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Framsóknarflokkurinn MP and former Foreign Minister, used the last day of parliament to equate the plight of…
Google Translate Icelandic News: Spanish Balls & Ripped Off Jaws
Icelandic news are interesting (somewhat), Google Translate is amazing, but together they make for a strange and confusing cocktail. Therefore,…
As Many Tourists Stay Airbnb As In Hotels In Reykjavík
In the first eight months of 2017, 43% of overnight stays in Reykjavík were in Airbnb apartments and rooms, according…
Tourist Risks Her Life For A Picture At Gullfoss
A foreign tourist felt the urge to put her life on the line to catch that perfect Instagram picture at…
Úlfur Úlfur: The Wolfish Hit Rappers Of Iceland
Rap duo Úlfur Úlfur has been among the biggest stars on the Icelandic rap scene in recent years. The name…
Word Of The Issue: Útlenska
This word basically means “foreign languages,” but not quite. It is an expression that linguistically splits all languages into Icelandic…
Legalisation Of Cannabis Proposed In Parliament
Pawel Bartozek, an MP for the Reform Party, has put forth a bill for parliament, which would legalise the consumption…
The Hveragerði Cat Killer Continues Killing Spree: Mutilated Cat Discovered
The little town of Hveragerði is one of many quaint little roadside towns in Iceland. It is the first town…