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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Vegan Meal
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…
Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Traditional Icelandic Food
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…
Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Thai
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…
Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Vegan Burger
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…
Beluga Whales To Move To Klettsvík Bay Shortly
by Iryna Zubenko and Alice Poggio
Beluga whales Little White and Little Grey, who are now based at the Sea Life Trust Beluga Whale Sanctuary in…
Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Burger
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…
Artic Creatures In Trashed Beaches
“We are old friends, me, Óskar Jónsson and Hrafnkell Sigurðsson. We came out of the Icelandic punk scene,” says Stefán…
Food Basket Increased Nearly 17% In Last Seven Months
The Icelandic Confederation of Labour (ASÍ) “shopping basket” increased in all eight supermarkets surveyed in the last seven months, with…
A Hub Of Activity: Reykjavík Arts Festival Hub Is Back With A Bold New Programme
“The most beautiful thing is when the events unfold. They’ve been in your phone and your excel sheet for so…
Diseased Salmon Sold To Consumers
Farmed salmon infected with salmon flu is being sold to consumers both domestically and internationally, reports Fréttablaðið. However, according to…
Icelandic Horse “Blood Farms” Will Be Able To Continue
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture will continue to allow the collection of blood from pregnant mares under strict regulations,…
Perfect Day: Helga Kristín Torfadóttir
by Alice Poggio
Helga is a young Icelandic geologist, specialising in volcanology. She has been working on the most recent eruption in Reykjanes,…
Property Values Take Biggest Jump Since Financial Crash
The National Registry has issued its report on property valuation for 2023, and it does not bode well for those…
Stories And Connections In The Far West: Skjaldborg Returns
by Alice Poggio
The Skjaldborg festival has nurtured Iceland’s documentary scene since its inception in 2007. Like most other aspects of society, it…
Witch Hunt: A Visit To The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft
Witchcraft and wizardry haves been the subject of fascination for centuries—just look at the success of a certain magical franchise…
New UNICEF Report Exposes Iceland’s Negative Environmental Impacts
Iceland ranks 32nd in the “World At Large” category of UNICEF’s “Places and Spaces: Environments and children’s well-being” report published…
On and In Perpetual Motion: The 59th Venice Biennial International Art Exhibition
Two winters ago Sigurður Guðjónsson was doing his food shopping in Bónus when he got a call in which he…
Burgers Part 2: Hip Hop Legends And Dirty Politicians
by Valur Grettisson and Shruthi Basappa
That Reykjavík loves its burgers in all forms—from vegan, vegetarian, lamb, and standard beef, to exotic flights of fancy—is well…
New In Town: Sirkus
by Alice Poggio
OK, it may not be totally new, but it’s definitely back in town, at long last. After shutting its doors…
Perfect Day: Erlendur Thor Magnusson
by Alice Poggio
Erlendur Thor Magnusson is an Icelandic photographer with a 20-year-long obsession with surfing in any weather conditions. He humbly mentions…
Making Food Waste A Thing Of The Past
Have you ever had to throw away food and felt guilty afterward? Or cooked way too much pasta for a…