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Well You Asked: Down With The Matriarchy!!!1!
You asked. We answered. Reminder: You asked. We did not ask. You are the weirdo. I’m a middle-aged white man in a position of power. Why do I still feel like a victim? You are a victim…because you’re a man. And you’re…
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Emmsjé Gauti Opens Up About Financial Struggles
Rapper Emmsjé Gauti has opened up about his financial struggles, with a new song released last night, titled Hjálpum Mér (Let’s Help Me). Vísir reports. The song, which features an array of stars from across Iceland, is a heart-wrenching ballad that tells…
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Black Sandvík Wasteland: Finding Iceland On Your Doorstep At Reykjanes
It turns out you don’t need to travel as far as Reynisfjara to kick off your shoes and luxuriate on a black sand beach. The Reykjanes Peninsula has its very own: Sandvík, located just 49 kilometres southwest of Reykjavík. And whilst we—the…
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Something Honest, Something Fresh: Hosiló, The Restaurant That Made It Through The Pandemic
You’d be forgiven for thinking that opening a new restaurant in the middle of a global pandemic was a pretty risky thing to do. But the current climate and the air of uncertainty that hangs over us didn’t deter Númi Þorkell Thomasson,…
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Winter Tires Have Huge Impact On Air Pollution
A recent study has shown that studded tires have the greatest effect on the formation of particulate matter caused by traffic in the capital area, Kjarninn reports. The use of studded tires must be significantly reduced if the Icelandic government are to…
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Boom In Export Of Icelandic Horses
More Icelandic horses were sold abroad in 2020 than ever before, according to a report in Vísir. Gunnar Arnarsson and his family own one of the comapnies that have been exporting Icelandic horses in recent years, and he says that this has…
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Health Inspectorate Wants To Ban Sale Of Fireworks
The Health Inspectorate wants to ban the sale of large fireworks to the public and says that they should only be used for large, licensed public displays, RUV reports. A draft regulation published by the Minister of Justice on the government’s consultation…
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Tax On Sweets May Be Raised By 20 Percent
The working group for the Minister of Health has submitted a proposal for the raising of taxes on sweets, RUV reports. The working group was formed to formulate proposals on how to use financial incentives to promote public health. Their latest suggestion…
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Coast Guard Mechanics Reject Proposal; Justice Minister Bans Strike
A proposal from the State Mediator was presented to the Coast Guard aircraft mechanics, with the hope of ending the ongoing strike that began on 5 November, Fréttablaðið reports. However, Minister of Justice Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir has just submitted a proposal that…
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New COVID-19 Cases Traced Back To Parties
There are indications that the spread of COVID-19 in Iceland is on the rise again, with community infections being linked to large shopping centres. RUV and Vísir report. Despite mask duty being in place in shops, chief epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason says that…
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Yellow And Orange Storm Warnings Across Country
The Icelandic Meteorological Office has issued yellow and orange storm warnings across most of the country today and tomorrow. Páll Ágúst Þórarinsson, a meteorologist at the Met Office, says that this will be the worst weather that Reykjanes has seen in a…
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Funding Will Keep Women’s Shelter Open Until Spring
Funds have been secured to keep an emergency shelter open for homeless women throughout the winter, Fréttablaðið reports. The emergency shelter was opened in April to accommodate homeless women through the COVID-19 epidemic, and was intended to close in September. However, the…
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People Acquire Fake Medical Certificates To Avoid Wearing Masks
Members of a Facebook page have been advising each other on the best way to acquire a medical certificate so that they don’t have to wear face masks, Stundin reports. Covidspyrnan is a Facebook group set up in order to “organise a…
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COVID-19 Roundup: 9 New Cases
Nine new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed domestically yesterday. Five of them were already in quarantine at the time of diagnosis. There are currently 43 people in hospital, 2 of whom are in intensive care. This is down from yesterday’s number of…
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Culture Pick: Jónsi – Sumarið sem aldrei kom
Jónsi has dropped a new track today, accompanied by a video directed by Frosti Jón Runólfsson. Sumarið sem aldrei kom (In English ‘The Summer That Never Came’) comes from Jónsi’s latest album Shiver, which he released in October. The video, directed by…
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Stormy Weather Ahead
The weather is set to take a turn for the worst this week, with yellow storm warnings being issued in the Southwest and Western parts of the country, according to a report on Vísir this morning. With wind, rain and snow on…
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Daði Freyr On Time Magazine’s Top Songs List
Daði Freyr and his band, Gagnamagn, have made it onto Time Magazine’s coveted list of the ten best songs of the year, with their song Think About Things. RUV reports. The list, which highlights the most played songs of 2020, also includes…
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Huge Strain On Hospital Staff Due To Group Infection
The heads of the nursing departments at Landakot have spoken to Vísir about how hospital staff are coping with the group infection. Helga Atladóttir, head of the nursing at the senior’s ward, and Þóra Gunnarsdóttir, head of geriatrics ward C, say that…
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There Is No Age Limit For The “Morning After” Pill
Pharmacies have denied the emergency contraception pill to anyone under the age of eighteen despite there being no age limit for the drug in Icelandic law, Fréttablaðið reports. Sólborg Guðbrandsdóttir, a singer and activist known for her Instagram page Fávitar, says that…
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Coast Guard Mechanics Strike Could Have Grave Consequences
If no conclusion is reached to the wage dispute among the Coast Guard aircraft mechanics, it could be that no rescue helicopters will be operational next week, Vísir reports. The Coast Guard has three helicopters, but only one has been operational since…
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New Project Launched To Plant More Trees In Iceland
A new ‘afforestation’ project is being launched in Iceland, to help repopulate the country with trees. The One Tree Planted organisation is asking for small donations to help preserve Icelandic land and wildlife. A $1 donation will equal the planting of one…
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No COVID-19 Found In Icelandic Mink
The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) has taken samples from all the mink farms in Iceland, and all have tested negative for COVID-19, Vísir reports. Samples from the nine farms were sent to the University of Iceland Laboratory Of Pathology at…
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Parliamentary Resolution Wants To Allow Farmers to Shoot Swans On Their Land
A parliamentary resolution has been submitted that will allow farmers to kill swans on their land, and hunt geese outside the normal hunting season, to protect their farms, RÚV reports. The proposal, which was written by the Progressive Party chair and two party…
