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Reykjavik Pride Begins!
The most wonderful time of the year is here again, everyone! Reykjavík Pride kicked off yesterday, and was rung in…
Reykjavik Socialists Call For End To Special Bonuses For Councilpersons
Reykjavík councilpersons receive bonuses for attending meetings that amount to a monthly wage for many city workers. Socialists want to…
New Reykjavik Coalition Majority Announced
A coalition agreement was reached between the Social Democrats, the Reform Party, the Pirates and the Left-Greens for leading Reykjavík…
Official Coalition Talks Begin In Reykjavik, But No Mayor Yet
Formal talks have officially begun in Reykjavík between the parties from the standing coalition and the Reform Party, RÚV reports….
Number Of Women Voted Into City Councils In Iceland Never Higher
Quite a few interesting things happened during last weekend’s municipal elections, including a notable increase in the number of women…
Reykjavik’s Greatest Hits: The Shenanigans Of City Halls Past
Most of our readers are familiar with the wacky hijinks of Parliament and all its scandals and early elections. Meanwhile,…
Face/Off: The Reykjavík City Mayoral Race Centres On These Two Men
16 parties, including numerous immigrants and women, trans folks, people of colour and the disabled are running for Reykjavík City…
Reykjavik International Children’s Film Festival Begins
Tomorrow, April 5, the Reykjavík International Children’s Film Festival kicks off, with plenty of fun for people of all ages….
City Elections: Majority Holds, Most Want Dagur To Stay As Reykjavik Mayor
With municipal elections just over a month away, a new poll show most Icelanders want things to stay pretty much…
Family Trio Ateria Win Icelandic Music Experiments
A young trio of relatives from Reykjavík won this year’s Icelandic Music Experiments (IME) competition. In a Facebook post from…
Reykjavík’s Housing Problem Leaving Locals Out In The Cold
Some Icelanders in Reykjavík are sleeping in tents and cars for lack of affordable housing, while most long-term Airbnb listings…
City Hall May Take Hard Swing To The Right Next Spring
Reykjavík City Hall might end up looking very different from its current form when municipal elections are held next spring….
Welcome To Theme Park 101: Impossible Prices, Citizen Flight And The Audacity Of Hope
101 Reykjavík has always been the beating cultural heart of Iceland; it is where Björk became a star, where Iceland…
Everyone’s Sorry About The Shit In The Harbour
In our previous issue, we reported on how raw sewage came spewing out of Reykjavík’s sewer system and into the…
Raw Sewage Pours Into Reykjavík Harbour, Shitstorm Ensues
Last week, passersby discovered that raw sewage was pouring into Faxaskjól, in Reykjavík harbour, at a rate of about 750…
The Future is Coming: Electric Cars In Iceland
by Valur Gunnarsson and Andie Sophia Fontaine
Iceland almost always gets better press than it deserves, and this applies not least to environmental issues. While most of…
What It Means To Be A “Music City”
Sigtryggur Baldursson is a quintessential musician. Although he first came to international attention as the drummer for the Sugarcubes, he’s…
Downtown Reykjavík To Increase And Update Security Cameras
Reykjavík City Council voted in favour of putting 4 million ISK towards buying new security cameras for downtown Reykjavík and…
Iceland’s President Personally Welcomes Syrian Refugees
22 Syrian refugees arrived in Iceland yesterday, and President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson made it a point to invite them to…
City Counseling Services For Immigrants Ends
From the beginning of this year, Reykjavík counseling services for immigrants have been ended. In an statement from last December,…
Iceland To Donate Christmas Trees To Faeroe Islands And Greenland
The Faeroe Islands and Greenland will be receiving Christmas trees from Iceland, and this marks the first time Iceland has…