Author: Nanna Árnadóttir
Travellers Ripped Off At Keflavík Airport
A shrimp salad sandwich and a carton of Kókómjólk is 56% more expensive in the departure lounge of Keflavík airport than at…
Icelander To Direct Broadway Play
Icelandic actor Gísli Örn Garðarsson’s production of The Heart of Robin Hood is on the road to Broadway, reports RÚV. The…
Double Rainbow Over Reykjavík
A double rainbow appeared over Reykjavík yesterday morning, reports RÚV. But what does it mean? The rainbow appeared at 8…
Icelandic Drug Market On Facebook
The Icelandic drug market has made a move to social media. “Really well cut and good coke for the weekend,” one…
Holuhraun: 4 Square Kilometres Of Lava
Lava exuding from the Holuhraun eruption stretches 3.5 kilometres from the centre of the fissure and measures approximately 1.6 kilometres…
Road To Dettifoss Waterfall Reopens
The District Commissioner of Húsavík has decided to reopen the road to Dettifoss waterfall on the west side of Jökulsá…
VIDEO: Holuhraun Best Place For An Eruption
Holuhraun is the best possible location for an eruption, geophysicist Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson has told RÚV. Although the magma flow…
Holuhraun Still Going Strong, Could Last All Year
The Holuhraun eruption, which began again yesterday with magma plumes as high as 60 metres, is going strong and might…
Mike Leigh Announced As RIFF’s Guest Of Honour
Acclaimed British film director Mike Leigh has been announced as the Guest of Honour at this year’s Reykjavík International Film…
Eruption Over, Lasted 4 Hours
Yesterday’s volcanic eruption at Holuhraun lasted only 3-4 hours and the aviation code has been downgraded to orange. “It was…
UPDATED: No-Fly Zone In Effect Over Holuhraun Eruption
ISAVIA has imposed a no-fly zone over the Holuhraun eruption site and a parts of northeastern Iceland. In a brief posted to…
Breaking News: Eruption Confirmed At Holuhraun
The Icelandic Met Office has confirmed an eruption has started in Holuhraun, north of Dyngjujökull. This is further backed up by the…
Deutsche Bank Buys Icesave Debt
The Netherlands has sold its claims on the estate of the failed Icelandic bank Landsbanki to Deutsche Bank, reports RÚV….
Uncertainty Continues At Bárðarbunga
Uncertainty about what is happening underneath Vatnajökull glacier continues following the appearance of fissures yesterday, reports RÚV. As reported, a flight…
Family Found Wandering On Glacier
A tourist operator stumbled across a family wandering around on Langjökull glacier yesterday. Langjökull is quite dangerous for those unfamiliar…
Earthquakes Continue To Rattle Bárðarbunga
Intense earthquake activity continues around Bárðarbunga volcano and Vatnajökull glacier, reports RÚV. Just passed midnight an earthquake with a magnitude…
Police Hunting Off-Roaders
Police are asking for help finding off-roaders who damaged land by Löðmundarvatn lake, reports Sunnlenska. As reported, off-road traffic has been causing considerable…
Tourists Attempt To Save Dying Mackerel
Mackerel have been swimming into Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon in large numbers and dying, upsetting tourists who try to save those…
Air Berlin Cancel Flight To Iceland
Air Berlin decided to cancel a flight to Iceland yesterday even though the state of emergency has been called off, reports…
1000 Parking Fines On Culture Night
Over 1000 parking tickets were issued on Reykjavík’s annual Culture Night (Menningarnótt) Saturday, reports DV. Culture Night- which saw roughly 100,000…
Scientists Disagree With Met Office, Say No Eruption
Scientists aboard the Coast Guard’s radar-equipped TF-SIF surveillance plane flying over Dyngjujökull are contesting the Met Office’s claim that an…
BREAKING NEWS: Small Eruption Reported Northeast Of Bárðarbunga
A small eruption has been reported at Dyngjujökull glacier, northeast of Iceland’s subglacial Bárðarbunga volcano. RÚV report that Kristín Jónsdóttir with…
Sheep Break Free, Police Called
The Police in Mosfellsbær, a small town east of Reykjavík, received a call after two sheep at Árbæjarsafn made a…
Icelandic Symphony Orchestra Debuts At BBC Proms
The Iceland Symphony Orchestra made its Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday, reports RÚV. The Symphony performed works by…
Nói Síríusly Looking For Candy Tasters
Icelandic candy manufacturer Nói Síríus is searching for volunteers for a “tasting panel” for the company’s product development department. The…