Author: Nanna Árnadóttir
Record Sign Up For Reykjavík Marathon
7.880 people have signed up for this year’s Reykjavík Marathon on August 23, roughly 7% more than last year, reports…
Scouts Join Pride Parade
The Federation of Icelandic Scouts will be marching in this year’s Pride Parade on Saturday, reports Vísir. “Scouts are known for marching…
Merchants’ Weekend Lost And Found
The police in Vestmanneyjar are attempting to reunite lost items with their owners through social media following the Merchants’ Weekend…
Kjörís Makes Breast Milk Ice Cream
Curious ice cream connoisseurs will get the chance to taste some breast milk ice cream on Hveragerði’s Ice Cream Day,…
Icelandic Musical To Open In New York
Icelandic musical, “Revolution In The Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter” will open off-Broadway in New York next week, reports RÚV. The…
Interior Minister Tried To Get Journalists Fired
In a Facebook post yesterday, DV editor Reynir Traustason revealed that Interior Minister Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir insisted upon the firing of journalists Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson…
Peace Tower To Be Relit For Children Of Gaza And Israel
Yoko Ono has announced on her Facebook page that she intends to light the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland on…
Jón Gnarr On Craig Ferguson
Former mayor Jón Gnarr appeared on Craig Ferguson’s The Late Late Show to discuss his new book Gnarr: How I Became…
News In Brief Late July
Reykjavík’s streets have seen a lot of marching in the last two weeks. An estimated 11,000 Icelanders participated in the…
Icelandic Passenger Fixes Plane
Disappointed with the delay of his flight from Spain, Icelander Davíð Aron Guðnason decided to take matters into his own…
No Horse In Our Beef
A comprehensive round of testing of beef products across Europe has revealed almost no traces of horse meat in Europe…
Protest Planned Outside US Embassy
The Association Iceland-Palestine has planned a peaceful protest outside the American Embassy on Laufásvegur today at 17:00, reports Vísir. The…
Baby Taken From Pram Outside Home
Police were called to the scene after a mother – who was letting her 16 month old nap outside her home…
Iceland Jägermeister Commercial Banned
A Jägermeister commercial shot over 10 days in Iceland has been banned by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for…
Sexual Assaults Up 140%
Sexual assaults in central Reykjavík have increased drastically over the past few years, reports Vísir. According to police statistics 22…
Iceland’s Tourism Is Growing Too Quickly
In the first 6 months of 2014, 402.000 tourists came through Keflavík airport, 90.000 more than in the same period…
Seal Census Results Are In
The numbers are in for the 8th annual seal census. In all 706 seals were spotted in a 100 km…
Severe Nursing Shortage Expected
A severe shortage of nurses in Iceland is expected in coming years, reports RÚV. Ólafur G. Skúlason, chairman of the…
Annie Places Second Despite Back Injury
Annie Mist Þórisdóttir finished 2nd overall in the 2014 CrossFit Games despite a back injury which threatened to keep her…
Hallgrímskirkja Among World’s Weirdest Buildings
Hallgrímskirkja has been voted one of the world’s weirdest buildings, reports Vísir. According to the Top 50 Weirdest Buildings list, Hallgrímskirkja…
Women 10% Of Highest-Earning CEO’s In Iceland
According to new figures from Frjáls Verslun women make up only 10% of the highest-earning CEO’s in Iceland. Out of 200 top-earning CEO’s women…
Expecting Couple Struggle With Immigration Bureaucracy
An Icelandic man’s pregnant American wife has still not received a verdict on her Icelandic residence permit application even though she applied…
Man Arrested For Beating Up Tourist
A young man was arrested last night after he attacked a tourist outside the Cabin Hotel on Borgartún in Reykjavík,…
Reykjavík Sees Boom In AirBnB Listings
More than 1.000 Reykjavík apartments are listed on the short-term rental site AirBnB, reports RÚV. It is estimated that between 1.500 and…
Might Need To Investigate Interior Minister
New Police Commissioner of Reykjavík, Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, could possibly be in charge of investigating the Interior Minister Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir’s…