Author: Elías Þórsson
Murder Suspect Puts Newspaper Editor As Facebook Profile Picture
Yesterday, Sveinn Gestur Tryggvason, who is currently in custody for being a suspect in last month’s murder of Arnar Jón…
Police Request Help Finding French Tourist Missing Since July 5
Update, July 13: The woman has now been found safe and sound. The police in Suðurnes in the southwest of…
Tourist Cancellations Hitting Industry Hard
In recent months, the tourism industry has started to experience something unheard of just 12 months ago—mass cancellations. The main…
Things To Do Outside Of Reykjavík: A Highland Trail, Epic Hike & Westfjords Town
by John Rogers and Elías Þórsson
The Highlands are open for the summer once again, so if you want to get away from it all in…
Number Of Foreign Tourists Treated At Hospital Increases 193%
The number of foreign tourists seeking medical attention at the Landspítali national hospital increased by 193% between 2013-2016, reports mbl.is…
Upwards Of 150 Whales Saved
Rescue workers fought to keep between 100-150 long-finned pilot whales from beaching themselves on Snæfellsnes in west Iceland last night,…
72 Year Old Farmer Visits Reykjavík For The 1st Time
Yesterday, RÚV reported on a momentous event in the life of Guðmundur Ármansson, a cattle farmer from Skriðdalur in east…
Tourists Cut Lamb’s Throat
Yesterday, police in east Iceland charged a group of nine tourists with stealing and killing a lamb, reports RÚV. Locals…
Inside Sticky Records, Iceland’s Only Pro-Bono Label
The cliché goes that record labels are run by stuffy men in suits who make decisions about the future of…
Where Was It Shot: The Fifth Estate
Who would have thought that a movie about people uploading files onto the internet accompanied by ‘Transformers’-style action music would…
The Mountain Publishes Emails Disputing Ex Girlfriend’s Violence Accusations
In a Facebook post from earlier today, Hafþór Júlíusson, aka The Mountain, published an email correspondence between his lawyer and…
Tourists Break And Steal Rare Crystals
Tourists who visit the Helgustaðanáma in Reyðarfjörður have not only been stealing the rare Iceland spar crystals from the mine,…
Tourists Ignore Repeat Warnings Of Danger At Geysir
Icelanders at the spouting hot spring Geysir repeatedly tried to tell a group of thirty or so tourist to leave…
Biggest Icelandic Archeological Find In 100 Years
The remains of a woman have been found in the archeological dig currently taking place in Eyjafjörður in north Iceland,…
Looking Back At The Euros With Our Greatest Football Experts
One is the elder statesman of football, the other the commentator who lost his mind at the Euros. Together they…
Iceland Airwaves Introduces Major Changes
The setup for Iceland Airwaves will be changed substantially for this years festival–which takes place between November 1-5– according to…
The Perfect Day Trip: The Waterfalls, Black Beaches and Glaciers Of The South
It is early on a Sunday, too early, the previous night one of my oldest friends held his lavish birthday…
Tourist Caught Pooping 10 Metres From Busy Highway
Here we are again, another story about people who don’t know what a bathroom is. Ármann Óskarsson filmed a tourist…
Hafþór ‘The Mountain’s’ Ex-Girlfriend Claims He Violently Abused Her
In an interview Fréttablaðið published this weekend, Thelma Björk Steimann, the ex girlfriend of Hafþór ‘The Mountain’ Júlíusson, claimed to…
Pirate Party MP: Spam Emergency Line In Protest Of Police Guns
Andri Þór Sturluson, backup member of parliament for the Pirate Party, wants citizens to call the emergency services line every…
Icelandic President Drops In Popularity
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson remains a popular President, and a recent Market and Media Research poll shows him with a 81.8%…
Icelandic Króna Finally Drops In Value
Yesterday, the Icelandic króna depreciated 1.8% and since the beginning of June it has fallen by 5.2%, reports RÚV. The…
Skógafoss In Danger Of Destruction
The Environment Agency of Iceland has placed the waterfall Skógafoss on its list of areas in danger of eroding, reports…
Icelanders Pummel Tourist RVs
People in eastern Iceland are fed up with tourists parking and sleeping in their RVs and camper vans where ever…
Mattress In Backseat Of A Car Available On Airbnb
It’s getting quite expensive to stay in Iceland, but one genius entrepreneur has come up with a brilliant solution—to allow…