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The Certainty In Wind: A Tempestuous Trip To Vík
Our trip started on a piece of graph paper. Five dates, each with its own column. Each column with a town. Each town with a person, or a point of interest. We’re headed south: Vík, Skaftafell, Höfn. Early Thursday morning we…
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Newer Hazard Sign Goes Up At Reynisfjara Beach
The engineering office which designed the previous hazard sign at the beautiful (and notorious) Reynisfjara beach has set up a new and improved version, which will hopefully make the dangers of the beach more apparent to visitors. Vísir reports that the new…
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Naked Man Emerges From The Sea
The Grapevine has received photos of some particularly foolhardy behaviour at the notorious Reynisfjara beach. Photographer Frank Tschöpe contacted The Grapevine last night to share some photos he took last week at Reynisfjara beach in south Iceland. As can be seen, a…
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On The Road: Dyrhólaey
Dyrhólaey is a peninsula on Iceland’s southern coast, not far from Route One. After a picturesque drive over a narrow band of land, the road winds up onto a high promontory that includes the peninsula itself, rising 120 metres above the ocean…
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Parking At Reynisfjara Will No Longer Be Free
From June 1 onwards, parking at the notorious Reynisfjara beach will start costing you. Vísir reports that parking meters should be set up at the lot by the beach by June 1. Currently, parking at Reynisfjara is free. If implemented, parking fees…
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Shark Population Grows By 400% Around Reynisfjara
Many Icelanders have spent quite a bit of time on social media decrying the impending ecological collapse of the shark populations around Iceland. The demand for hákarl, a putrefied shark snack, has been driven to unsustainable levels due to tourists. Icelanders, by…
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Tourists Still Taking Dangerous Chances At Reynisfjara
Recent video footage has emerged which shows adults and children alike putting their lives in danger at the notorious Reynisfjara beach. Vísir has posted a video taken by Þórir Kjartansson at Reynisfjara beach last Wednesday. In the video, children can be seen…
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The Hot Button: Tourism Safety
The hot button issue that Icelanders have been going on about this past month is tourism safety. It used to be somewhat funny to point out the reckless shenanigans of tourists. The laughter stopped, however, when someone once again drowned at the…
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Icelandair Instagram Post Raises Concerns
A seemingly innocent Instagram post taken at Reynisfjara has drawn critical commentary. An Icelandair spokesperson assured reporters the airline makes tourism safety paramount. The post in question, shown above, depicts a couple standing very close to the water at Reynisfjara beach. The…
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New Hazard Sign At Reynisfjara Ignored
Six tourists were nearly swept out to sea at Reynisfjara beach on the same day a new hazard sign was put up at the location. Putting up a new hazard sign at Reynisfjara beach – along with fencing that leads people past…
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New Hazard Sign To Go Up At Reynisfjara Beach
A new, multilingual hazard sign is set to go up at Reynisfjara beach tomorrow. The beautiful but potentially dangerous beach has been in the news a lot lately, and has become iconic of the discussion regarding the safety of tourists at places…
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Tourists Walk On Ice Floe, May Have Death Wish
A group of tourists were photographed walking on ice floes at the glacial lagoon Jökulsárlón in southeast Iceland yesterday. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153972394854752&set=gm.10153955533704650&type=3&theater “Took this picture by Jökulsárlón today and wanted to share in light of the discourse these past few days,” writes Gylfi Blöndal…
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Tour Company Will Stop Going To Reynisfjara
A tour company has made the decision to stop taking tourists to Reynisfjara beach, where a tourist was recently drowned in the undertow. Police say that even keeping watch over the beach and advising people to stay away from the water is…
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Police To Watch Over Reynisfjara Beach From Now On
Starting today, police will be present at the south Iceland beach in the hopes of preventing yet another death. RÚV reports that Minister of the Interior Ólöf Nordal and Minister of Industry Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir have, in conjunction with the police, established…
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Death At Reynisfjara
Despite repeated warnings and too many close calls, a tourist has drowned in Reynisfjara after being swept out to sea. MBL reports that a foreign tourist who was reported missing has been found. Unfortunately, the man in question drowned in Reynisfjara. According…
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Tourists Keep Tempting Fate At Reynisfjara
Still more tourists have nearly been washed out to sea at the scenic beach, prompting police to ask for a permanent guard at the site. RÚV reports that Magnús H. Jóhannesson, who runs the tour company Mudshark, took photos of still more…
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Tourist Narrowly Escapes Danger At Beach
Yet another tourist has taken their life in their hands at the notorious Reynisfjara beach, and one tour guide laments “no one listens” to warnings. A public post made in the Icelandic tourism industry workers group Bakland Ferðaþjónustunnar described, with photographs, another…
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Tourist Wades Into Reynisfjara For Better Pictures
German tour guide, Ulrich Pittroff, has called out one tourist’s irresponsible behaviour after he walked into Reynisfjara shore to get a better shot of the famous beach, reports Vísir. Given the conditions of the water at Reynisfjara and the people who have been pulled…