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Petrol Price Drops Overnight
Petrol prices in Iceland decreased significantly on New Year’s Day, when the fuel taxes were replaced by a per-kilometre charge. Both petrol and diesel prices in the capital area decreased by approximately one-third, with Orkan’s prices dropping from 279.6 ISK to 183.2…
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Thousands Of Cars In Iceland Still At Risk From Faulty Airbags
Nearly 6,000 cars in Iceland still have faulty airbags despite being recalled, reports RÚV. Thousands of car owners have not responded to the recall issued by the Icelandic Housing and Construction Authority concerning a serious airbag defect, according to a press release…
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Fuel Tax To Be Replaced With Mileage Tax
The fuel tax will be abolished and replaced with a kilometre-based road tax, reports RÚV. The Minister of Finance calls this an important and unavoidable change. A bill introducing a kilometre tax for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles was passed by Alþingi…
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Reykjavík Calls Again To Ban Studded Tyres
The city of Reykjavík yesterday repeated its call for more powers to control air pollution in the capital, singling out studded car tyres as the main culprits in creating airborne particulate pollution. Vísir reports that an estimated 42% of cars in the…
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Iceland’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increase
Greenhouse gas emissions in Iceland rose by 2.2% between 2016 and 2017, and are up by 85% from 1990 levels, a new report from the Environment Agency of Iceland (UST) details. As RÚV reports, greenhouse gases in Iceland actually began to decrease…
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How Not To Die In Iceland, Part 2: On The Road
When we last spoke with Dr. Kunz, he discussed with us many of the various and sundry ways that people can die while visiting in Iceland. This time around, he wants to talk about one of the more common ways a tourist…
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Reykjavik Residents Divided Over Ban On Diesel Cars
According to a new survey published by Fréttablaðið, about 39% of people living in Reykjavík are in favour of a ban on diesel cars for the year 2030. In comparison, only 44% of inhabitants would be opposed to such measures. Finally, 17%…
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Last Fast Charging Station For Electric Cars Finally Installed On The Ring Road
Icelandic energy company ON Power has finally installed a fast-charging station in the area of Mývatn in the north of Iceland, thus officially opening the entire Ring Road to electric cars, Visir reports. According to ON Power, by the beginning of 2018…
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Health Authorities Recommend Taking Mass Transit To Fight Air Pollution
A representatives for the Reykjavík Healthy Supervisory Authority believes people need to be encouraged to take mass transit to fight air pollution in the city. “The time has come to start this effort,” Kristín Lóa Ólafsdóttir told RÚV. “To encourage people to…
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Icelanders Pre-order Electric Nissan Leaf Car En Masse
The bond between Icelanders and their cars is as akin to that of Italian men and their mothers: indissoluble, reverence-filled and sometimes a little disturbing. But if for Italian men there is only one mamma, Icelanders go by the motto ‘the more,…
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American Expert: Air Pollution Shockingly High In Reykjavík
An American expert in air pollution claims he was incredibly surprised when he measured the levels of air particulate matter pollution in Reykjavík. Worse than Denver Dr. Larry G. Anderson, professor emeritus from the University of Colorado Denver, has studied air particulate…
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Pedal to the Metal: Just Don’t Say ‘Hillary’ and Don’t Say ‘Clinton’
Imagine hundreds of Icelanders descending upon rural America to partake in what seems a very American pastime: racing, crashing and rapidly rebuilding oversized vehicles. Though this sounds like a cultural exchange program gone awry, it’s entirely authentic—so authentic that this Nordic escapade…
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Iceland’s Environmental Paradox
The average tourist is primed to think of Iceland as the greenest nation on earth. Advertisements endlessly yammer on about “pure nature,” and shots from ‘Game of Thrones’ and popular movies portray Iceland as a vast, cold wilderness untouched by humans. Every…
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Sheep Death By Car On The Rise
There has been a sharp increase in incidences of sheep struck and killed by cars in northwest Iceland, brought about by a number of factors. RÚV reports that there have been about 50 reported sheep impacts in the Westfjords this year alone.…
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Lambs Hit By Cars Every Day
About two to three lambs are struck by cars each day in northwest Iceland, MBL reports. Police in the Westfjords town of Ísafjörður say this is due in large part to drivers underestimating the road conditions and not driving slowly enough. If…
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Time To Change Your Winter Tires – Or Else
Today is the last day you can drive on studded tires without getting slapped with a fine. Vísir reports that starting tomorrow, police in the capital area and South Iceland will begin pulling over and fining people who are still driving on…
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Photos: NEZ Off Road Competition At Hella
This weekend Hella was the place to be for crosskart fans. The annual FIA NEZ (North European Zone) Hella competition took place at this desert-like locale. And a jubilee it was: 3 500 people showed up over the course of this two-day…
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Soviet Army Occupies Akranes (Though Not Really)
If you see Red Army trucks, tanks and helicopters in the sleepy Icelandic town, do not be alarmed. RÚV reports that the filming of Fast 8 – the eighth movie in the Fast & Furious franchise – have moved from Mývatn in…
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Cloud Of Air Pollution Over Reykjavík
A distinct brown layer of air pollution was spotted hovering over the capital area today, and can be attributed to car exhaust. If you were in the capital area today, you may have noticed a yellow-brown haze in the sky. Using Mount…
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Stolen Cars From Denmark Sold In Iceland
At least seven stolen cars linked to a man in Denmark have been sold in Iceland. The Danish television show Kontant recently gave a detailed report about fraudster and used car dealer Karsten Meyerdahl, RÚV reports, and amongst their contacts for the…
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More Stolen Cars, Fewer Stolen Bikes
As the number of reported bike thefts have declined, the number of reported stolen cars has risen. Stolen cars are seldom, if ever, actually taken out of the country, police say. Vísir reports that in the first six months of 2012, police…
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Turn Signal Use Woefully Low
The vast majority of drivers complain other drivers do not use turn signals, while most drivers do not use turn signals. RÚV reports that the insurance company VÍS has conducted another survey of driver behaviour, with results that will come as little…
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3 Minutes: The Longest You Will Ever Walk From A Parking Garage To Laugavegur
It has been mathematically proven that car drivers would have little to worry about if Laugavegur were closed year-round. Kjarninn reports that PR specialist Björn Teitsson and architect Andri Gunnar Lyngberg calculated just how long it would take to walk from any…