Author: Elías Þórsson
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…
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…
Tourists Banned From Sleeping Or Making Food In Harpa
Yesterday, rule changes were introduced in Harpa, which are meant to stop weary travellers from taking naps or making sandwiches…
Elías Has Fun At The Festival Reykjavík Needs
“Do you want this?” “What is it?” “It’s a cheeseburger, I don’t want it, you can have it.” “Oh, thanks.”…
Big Sean Believes In Elves And “Björk’s From Here?”
Yesterday, the annual Secret Solstice Festival finished, and one of the headliners was Detroit born rapper Big Sean, the Grapevine…
Secret Solstice 2017: Iceland’s Most Fashionable Festival
Getting that festival look right is fucking impossible, which is why there are so many people dressed in boring rain…
Photos: þjóðbúningurinn – Icelandic National Costume
The Icelandic national costume (þjóðbúningurinn) is the country’s ceremonial outfit, which came to prominence in the 19th century, during the…
Tourist Caught Driving At 146 Km An Hour On 90 Road
Police pulled over a foreign driver last night, who was driving at 146 kilometres an hour on the Suðurlandsvegur road…
Four Suspects In Murder Case Released From Custody
Four of the six suspects in the murder of Arnar Jónsson Aspar, who was killed last Wednesday, were released from…
Three Charged In Burning Of The IKEA Christmas Goat
Three people, a man and two women, have been fined 150 thousand króna for burning down the IKEA Christmas Goat…
Music Festival On Top Of Esjan In The Midnight Sun
“I don’t know if I can do this,” Jóhanna the intern said as we boarded a small helicopter by the…
Go Native: The Secret Icelandic Acts At The Solstice Festival
by Elías Þórsson and Hannah Jane Cohen
Secret Solstice, the biggest music festival in Iceland, returns this weekend. If you’re dropping in from abroad, you’ll know Foo…