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Reynisfjara Said To Recover With Changing Winds
Since the severe erosion affecting Reynisfjara, landowners have been attempting to make due with the changed landscape. In conversation with RÚV, landowner and farmer Ívar Guðnason said that they had secured the viewpoint in the area as well as removing large rocks…
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Part Of Reynisfjara Beach Collapses After Severe Erosion
Significant coastal erosion has been recorded at Reynisfjara, Iceland’s famous black-sand beach, after a large section of the slope beneath Reynisfjall collapsed, reaching as far as the warning signs near the shoreline, reports RÚV. According to Sigurður Sigurðarson, a coastal engineer at…
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Tourist Narrowly Escapes Wave At Reynisfjara
A new video of tourists being splashed by waves at Reynisfjara has attracted a lot of attention on social media in recent days. Fortunately, no one appears to have been seriously injured, reports Vísir. The clip, which appeared on Facebook and TikTok,…
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Death At Reynisfjara: Devastation On The Beach
Another horrific reckoning with modern tourism Yukio Mishima crystallised the empty pathos of life in a once-proud nation dealing with rapid hyper-modernisation with his story collection Death at Midsummer. The haunting title story presents a mother dealing with the death of her…
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Red Light Warning In Reynisfjara To Turn On Sooner
Fallout following the death of a 9-year-old girl at Reynisfjara on August 2 continues. In a meeting yesterday, landowners in Reynisfjara, the Icelandic Tourist Board, the South Iceland Police, SafeTravel, and the Víkverji Rescue Team agreed to lower the threshold for what…
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Nine-Year-Old Dies At Reynisfjara
A nine-year-old girl from Germany died at Reynisfjara beach on Saturday, August 2, reports RÚV. The girl was swept into the sea, and although the Icelandic Coast Guard helicopter took off 26 minutes after the emergency call, she was only located two…
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Light System Will Alert Visitors Of Dangerous Conditions At Reynisfjara
The Icelandic Road Administration says it will install warning lights in Reynisfjörður within the next three weeks. Officials used police incident reports to determine what wave height poses a significant risk to visitors, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]Summer Sale on T-Shirts in the Grapevine…
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Officials To Install Alarm System At Reynisfjara
Government officials and landowners met Tuesday evening and agreed to install an alarm system on the beach at Reynisfjara to alert visitors about dangerous conditions, reports Vísir. [su_pullquote]Summer Sale on T-Shirts in the Grapevine shop! We only have a chance to wear…
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RVK Newscast 190: Death At Reynisfjara, Iceland’s Black Beach
Reykjavík Grapevine’s editor-in-chief Valur Grettison is at the black sand beach, Reynisfjara, to discuss the tragic news of the second death in nine months there, and what solutions are being posited to reduce the risk of harm in the area. When visiting…
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What’s Next For Reynisfjara?
Following last Friday’s death at Reynisfjara beach, the fifth such death in the past seven years, discussion has renewed over whether to close Reynisfjara completely, partially, or try another strategy. [su_pullquote]Who better to ask what’s best in Reykjavík than the people who…
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Another Tourist Dies At Reynisfjara, Prompting Calls For Closure
Officials are considering closing Reynisfjara after a tourist was swept out to sea and died there on Friday. [su_pullquote]Who better to ask what’s best in Reykjavík than the people who live here? Every year we round up a panel of experts and…
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Guide Who Witnessed Death At Reynisfjara Speaks Out: “We Need Boots On The Ground”
David Kelley, a tour guide who was working yesterday for Hidden Iceland when tragedy struck at Reynisfjara beach in South Iceland, spoke very candidly with the Grapevine about what it’s like for a guide taking tour groups to the location, the challenges…
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Tourist Swept Out To Sea At Reynisfjara
UPDATE, 19:42: The tourist in question was unfortunately found dead by rescuers at around 19:00 this evening, RÚV reports. More details to follow tomorrow. David Kelley, a tour guide who was today working for Hidden Iceland, called the Grapevine just moments ago…
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Tourists Once Again Risk It All For A Good Story
Updates of the coronavirus pandemic have been taking over the front pages of the world’s news for over a year. With the introduction of effective vaccines against the virus many regions are seeing increases in tourism and as a result, tales of…
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Woman Sues Tour Company Over Reynisfjara Injury And Wins
A British tourist who was injured during a visit to the South Iceland beach of Reynisfjara has successfully won a lawsuit against the tour company which took her there, in a ruling dated November 13th in Reykjavík District Court. The incident in…
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Tourism Minister Responding To Reynisfjara Situation
In order to reduce accidents and deaths at Reynisfjara, a beautiful but at times hazardous beach in South Iceland, Minister of Tourism Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir is launching a project that will monitor some of the natural dangers of the location, along…
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VIDEO: Tourist Injured At Reynisfjara
Emergency care workers were called to Reynisfjara yesterday to rescue a tourist who had been knocked over and injured by one of the beach’s notorious sneaker waves, Vísir reports. Sigurður Sigurbjörnsson, a police sargeant in the nearby town of Vík, told reporters…
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Yet Another Group Of Tourists Learn The Hard Way What Reynisfjara Is About
It has come to light that it is once again necessary to tell people not to get too close to the water at Reynisfjara. As can be seen in this video, as two tourists attempt to get a shot of the breaking…
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Reynisfjara Still Closed, Tourists Still Coming
After large rocks collapsed onto the easternmost shore of the Reynisfjara beach in Vík on August 18th injuring some tourists, the area was closed for safety reasons. However, hundreds of tourists are still arriving in Reynisfjara every day. A week ago, 30…
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Reynisfjara Possibly Featured In ‘Frozen 2’ Trailer, Some Tour Guides Concerned
A new trailer for Disney’s ‘Frozen 2’ shows some superhuman behaviour taking place at what looks like Reynisfjara, and Icelandic tour guides took notice. While the Frozen universe takes place primarily in Norway, a new trailer for the sequel opens with a…
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VIDEO: Yet Another Tourist Rescued After Getting Too Close To Reynisfjara Beach
Despite repeated warnings not to do so, another tourist has ventured too close to Reynisfjara beach, and was nearly swept into the sea yesterday, Vísir reports. An Icelandic tour guide responded quickly, rescuing him, and the event was captured on video. According…
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Tourists In Grave Danger During Rock Storm At Black Sand Beach
Tourists were in great danger yesterday morning, when the windstorm at the black sand beach of Reynisfjara acquired such strength that the wind began lifting rocks and pebbles along with the sand, Vísir reports. Closed roads and windstorms The black beach on…
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Yes, Iceland IS Trying to Kill You
Light fracturing the froth of a wild grey wave, flotsam churning over with the power of the sea. It’s hypnotic. The roar of it, the hiss of the wind and the stretch of beach, black and shimmering like the night sky. The…