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Storm Days: Frozen Cars, Avalanche Warnings, Power Outages, Snow Tunnels
The latest weather alert from the Icelandic Met Office shows that storm conditions will persist over the entirety of the country through tomorrow afternoon. While the yellow zones will see winds from 15 to 23 metres per second with blowing snow and…
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Reader’s Letter: Angry Anna And Reykjavik’s Icy Pavements
Dear Grapevine, The weather has been very nice here in Reykjavík lately, the sun is shining and so on, but still there is something I can’t stop thinking about and have to share with someone publicly. It’s about the ice on the…
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Smite The Winter: Icelanders Play Football On Frozen Lake In -8°C
Reykjavík’s Tjörnin pond freezes over completely in winter. The ice is thick enough to walk over, and it becomes a popular spot to feed the ducks and take a weekend stroll. It’s also a good surface for a game of football. Taken…
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Peculiar Crack Forms In Þingvellir Lake
A strange pattern has formed across the frozen Þingvallavatn Lake in Þingvellir National Park. “What’s interesting about it is the regularity of the crack,” local man Kolbeinn Sveinbjörnsson told RÚV while pointing to the linear step shape of the crack. “And also interesting is the…
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Hundreds Of People Injured Post-Snowpocalypse
In the past few days Icelandic Ambulance Services have had to transfer over a hundred injured people to hospitals in the capital area daily, reports RÚV. Most of the calls are a result of pedestrians slipping and falling on the considerable ice…
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A Glacial Cliffhanger: Walking Like A Cowboy On Sólheimajökull Glacier
Along with volcanoes, hot springs, and a bucket-load of black sand, glaciers are one of Iceland’s must-see natural wonders. Coming from England—a country that literally shuts down at an inch of snowfall—the concept of a massive block of impenetrable ice is both…
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And The Winner Of This Week’s #GVPics Instagram Contest Is
Another week has passed which means more travel, more photo opportunities and a lot more sun! Now is the time to put up your sixties styled shades, dab some sunscreen on your nose, hike a mountain, see a play or fall in…
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Photos Of The Week: #GVpics Instagram Contest
Dear Instagrammers, photographers and readers. Thank you for all of your wonderful submissions in our #GVpics Instagram contest. It is always such a joy scrolling through the wonderful photographs of buildings, animals, venues and trips around the country. The pictures for this…
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Your Handy Guide To Driving Safely Through The Icelandic Winter!
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past five years, you’ve probably heard it a billion times: Winter is coming. Well, in Iceland, winter has already come, there’s no doubt about it. And for the most part, it’s beautiful! However,…
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The Best Of Iceland On Instagram: This Week’s #GVpics
What a week! We experienced some stormy weather, northern lights, and Icelandic daily life in the freezing cold—all of which is perfectly portrayed in the stunning submissions our dear readers and Instagram enthusiasts submitted (via the #GVpics hashtag). Landscapes dominated the entries…
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Lots Of Broken Bones On The Sidewalks
Emergency rooms in the capital area have had their hands full on account of broken bones due to slippery sidewalks. While roads in Reykjavík are dutifully ploughed and salted, walking on city sidewalks can often be a roll of the dice. MBL…
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Listen, Duck, and Run: How to Avoid Falling Ice and Snow in Reykjavík
Week 6 Let me be bold: the weather in Iceland changes often. I’m not trying to start a controversy. I’ll leave that to people discussing deep-water oil drilling (what could possibly happen? I mean, god put it there for us to have). The…
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Increase In Hospital Admissions Due To Snow
There has been a sharp increase in the number of admissions at Landspítalinn, the National University Hospital of Iceland’s emergency room in the past few days after accidents caused by icy roads and pavements. The City of Reykjavík have been receiving about 700…