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Logi Pedro Album Release – “My Iceland Is Colourful”
Logi Pedro’s second album ‘Undir bláu tungli,’ meaning ‘Under the blue moon,’ is being released today, RÚV reports. It has been in production for two years, with its first songs written in the autumn of 2018, soon after the release of Logi’s…
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Portrait of a City: Reykjavik Between Legend, History, and Tourism
This article originally written in Italian for Il Giornale dell’Architettura (The Architectural Post) by Sofia Nannini was translated by Nico Borbely. Sofia Nannini is a PhD student in History of Architecture at Politecnico di Torino. Her research interests focus on construction and…
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Skrúður: The Botanical Garden In The Middle Of Nowhere
This article originally written by in Italian by Sofia Nannini for the Bologna University Blog was translated by Nico Borbely. Sofia Nannini is a PhD student in History of Architecture at Politecnico di Torino. Her research interests focus on construction and material…
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Björk To Play Witch In Sjón’s Upcoming Viking Film
Björk Guðmundsdóttir is set to play a witch in the upcoming Viking film The Northman, RÚV reports. The film will star the brothers Bill and Alexander Skarsgård and Hollywood stars Willem Dafoe and Nicole Kidman, amongst others. Sjón wrote the screenplay together…
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Icelandair Announces Flights To 13 Destinations From Keflavík In September
According to Icelandair’s updated flight itineraries, there will be flights from Keflavík to 13 destinations until October 4, Fréttablaðið reports. Ásdís Ýr Pétursdóttir announced in a written statement to Fréttablaðið that the airline is currently assessing the situation in light of the…
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Is Kolbeinsey Still There? YouTuber Tom Scott Takes Flight To Find Out
YouTuber Tom Scott uploaded a video yesterday in which he brought up the question of whether Kolbeinsey, Iceland’s most northerly island, is still there. He points out the Wikipedia article about the island, which states that the island is exposed to a…
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Snow Melt Indicates Glacial Run On Grímsvötn
Snow melt around a pole connected GPS meter on Grímsvötn intended to aid in predictions of a potential jökulhlaup (glacial run) caused the pole to tilt, RÚV reports. The groundswelling reported originally raised suspicions that a jökulhlaup would soon start around the…
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Last Words: Disney Minus
With the new ‘Mulan’ to hit Disney Plus in lieu of theatres on September 4th and a live-action ‘Hercules’ recently announced, now’s the perfect time to reflect on the veritable Pandora’s box of live-action Disney remakes that have hit the screen in…
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Ask A Linguist: What Do Icelanders Find Difficult About The Icelandic Language?
Icelandic is a notoriously difficult language that even native speakers often struggle with. But what exactly do they find difficult? We reached out to Jóhannes B. Sigtryggsson, assistant research professor at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, for answers. “Native speakers…
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A Day In The 900: Food, Folks, And Fulmars In The Westman Islands
In a country already known for its isolation and dazzling nature, the Westman Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) still manage to feel especially far-flung. The archipelago shines bright under its green summer cloak, while grey seabirds called fulmars twirl and dance effortlessly through the gale,…
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Universities Discusses Plans For The Fall Semester
Efforts will be made to ensure that all University of Iceland students will be taught on-site at least to some extent in the fall semester, RÚV reports. This was stated in an announcement by rector Jón Atli Benediktsson sent to students and…
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Lupines To Be Used For Food And Agriculture At The University Of Iceland
Few other plants divide opinions in Iceland quite as much as the lupine, Fréttablaðið reports. The flower in question, native to northwestern North America, is admired by some in Iceland for the beautiful blue expanses it grows into, and point out that…
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Around 10,000 Demand A New Constitution
A petition on behalf of the Women’s Association for a New Constitution demands that the Icelandic parliament legislate a new constitution has garnered around 10,400 signatures, Vísir reports. According to Katrín Oddsdóttir, one of those collecting the signatures, around 500 to 1,000…
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Iceland Sends 20 Million Icelandic Kronur In Food Aid To Lebanon
Icelandic Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson announced that the Icelandic government would be sending 20 million ISK in food aid to Lebanon due to the catastrophic explosion in Beirut last week, Fréttablaðið reports. Over 200 people died…
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Norwegian Authorities Officially Propose Red-Listing Iceland
The Norwegian Directorate of Health has propose red-listing Iceland, along with five other European nations, RÚV reports. This means that Icelanders traveling to Norway will have to go into ten-day quarantine upon arrival in the country. The Norwegian Directorate of Health weighs…
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Homemade Plane Landed On Þingvallavatn’s Frozen Surface In March
A small homemade airplane was damaged when a pilot landed it on the frozen surface of Þingvallavatn in March of this year, Morgunblaðið reports. The pilot and others on board tried to fix the plane and take off again, but the plane…
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Iceland To Be Potentially Red-Listed By Several European Nations
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Iceland has increased greatly in recent days, with the current number of people in isolation at 91. Due to this increase in infections in Iceland, the country is at risk of being red-listed by…
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Huge Landslide On Ring Road
A huge landslide occurred along the Ring Road this morning between Höfn and Djúpivogur in eastern Iceland, leading to the closure of the affected road, Vísir reports. According to the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration (IRCA), known as Vegagerðin in Icelandic, it…
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Schools To Open With Precautions
Most elementary schools, secondary schools, and universities in Iceland will start classes again for the fall semester in less than a month. Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason stated that he has not previously recommended that schools close due to the recent coronavirus outbreak in…
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Border Testing At Its Limit; Low Risk Areas Unlikely To Change
Over 2,000 COVID-19 tests taken at the borders have been analysed over the course of the past two days, well ahead of the norm established when the border testing began in mid-June, Morgunblaðið reports. Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason stated in an interview with…
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Young People in Þingeyrarsýsla Cultivate Land With Old Hay Bales
Old hay bales are currently being used for the revegetation of land in the county of Þingeyrarsýsla in northeastern Iceland in a collaborative project between people from the Bárðardalur and Mývatn areas in the north of Iceland, Vísir and Stöð 2 report. For the…
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Reykjavík Swimming Pools To Stay Open
Operation at Reykjavík’s swimming pools will be adapted to comply with the new distancing and gathering regulations that will be implemented at noon today, Vísir reports. The same goes for Ylströndina in Nauthólsvík and the Family Park and Zoo, to name a…
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Elf Village Built Inspired By Eurovision Film
A hotel manager in Húsavík took it upon himself to recreate the elf village that appeared in the film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga after having dived into fairy tales, Fréttablaðið reports. Owner of Cape Hotel Örlygur Hnefill Jónsson…
