Search Results for: Weather
Perfect Day: Miss Gala Noir, The Queen Of Iceland
Miss Gala Noir, the Drag Queen of Iceland 2019, rules with a fabulous fist. The Polish-born, Reykjavík-based performer is the…
Five Years To The Day: Holuhraun
Five years have passed since the beginning of the eruption of Holuhraun. On August 28th, a series of earthquakes shook…
So Long, Summer: Autumn Weather Is Here
Evening darkness comes creeping back into Iceland as August draws to a close, and this week’s weather certainly reflects the…
Farewell To Lost Glacier: Iceland To Combat Climate Change
Five years have passed since Ok, a glacier, was announced by geologist Oddur Sigurðsson to have lost its glacier status….
A Lassie On Laki: Josie Takes Us On Another Mountainous Adventure
What do the French Revolution, national bard of Scotland Robert Burns, and Iceland all have in common? The answer is…
Lights! Camera! Tractor!: Getting Real With Award-Winning Filmmaker Grímur Hákonarson
Farmers are protagonists. Sets are sheep sheds and weather-worn farmhouses. Tractors steal the scene. Someone flings mud and sheep shit…
Icelandic Superstitions: Be Cool, Or The Summer Will Suck
One of the oddest traditions that Icelanders have is to look at the weather the night before the 24th of…
Palm Trees Planted in Reykjavík: Reykjavík Officially Tropical
During the first week of the summer 2019, we were nobody’s fool, carrying around our coats, mumbling skepticism under our…
An Ice Cave In Reykjavík? Welcome To Perlan’s Wonders Of Iceland
“Did I stumble through the back of the wardrobe and end up in Narnia?” I asked myself as the unassuming…
Icelandic Superstitions: The Snipes Are Not What They Seem
Icelanders, especially in ye olden times, have always lived in close connection with their natural environments. It is then unsurprising…
The Top Of Iceland: Climbing Hvannadalshnúkur, Iceland’s Highest Peak
It was quite pleasant inside the crevasse, once I realised I wasn’t going to die. The ice inside was smooth…
Merchant’s Weekend Weather Forecast
After the chilly, rainy summer of 2018, this summer is making quite the comeback. This July’s average temperature totalled up…
Record Amount Of Thunder And Lightning Over Iceland These Past Few Days
Once an uncommon phenomenon, Iceland has been inundated with lightning strikes since last weekend, and the reported strikes have reached…
New Icelandic Music: Countess Malaise, SiGRÚN, sideproject ++
Like waking up with nine extra arms that have been tidying up your house and doing your taxes while you…
Icelanders Suffering Through A Weather Mildwave
While the people in many places in mainland Europe (and over the world) are suffering hardships because of summer heatwaves,…
Multiple Hikers Rescued On Fimmvörðuháls Trail This Week
by John Rogers
For the third time in five days, rescue workers were called to assist a hiker who ran into trouble on…
New Research: Surtsey Island Is Blossoming With Life
Research on Iceland’s youngest island, Surtsey, shows it has been bursting with new life of all kinds, from plants to…
West Coast Summer Sound: Wholesome Fun In A Lost Village At Post-Dreifing’s Hátiðni Festival
Google translate told me that the word ‘Hátiðni’ meant ‘radio’ but my friend shook her head when I told her….
Lightning Warning For South And West Iceland
Thunder and lightning are both predicted to be likely this afternoon in both the south and west today, RÚV reports….
Beyond Death And Satan: Ragnar Kjartansson’s “Key Works” On Show In The Faroes
Outside, it is warm. Faroese orchids and petit daisies undulate with a light breeze, their forms catching occasional sunlight as…
Hornstrandir: A Westfjords Adventure On The Trail Of The Arctic Fox
by John Rogers
We’re about an hour out of Ísafjörður harbour when the horizon suddenly tilts. As our tiny, crowded passenger boat passes…