A Nation on a First Name Basis – The Icelandic Naming System Explained
It is worth mentioning that if you look up a name in the phone book in Iceland you look by first name. The whole culture is on a first name basis. Stu...
Young Icelanders don’t believe that God created the earth
Religion and superstition might make for an interesting topic if you happen on young Icelanders in the mood to engage in some theological conversation...
Plain Vanilla mass layoffs
Fourteen employees of the Reykjavik based mobile games company Plain Vanilla have been laid of since today. This makes for 20 per cent of the companie...
Cricket snack to go, Jungle Bar on the table in the USA
The owners of Crowbar Protein producers of the insect infused protein bars, Jungle Bar, have signed a contract with a distributor in the USA. Stefán A...
Icelanders Demanding Increased Healthcare Funding
UPDATE: Almost 59.000 people have signed the petition making it one of three most signed petition in Iceland. Icelanders are seeing an incredible part...
Icelandic TV series Trapped goes Nordic …and further
Norway recently became the first country outside Iceland to screen the crime series Trapped (Óveður) after the National broadcasting service RÚV prime...
Beloved former mayor of Reykjavík will not run for president of Iceland
Artist and comedian Jón Gnarr, former major of Reykjavik, and until recently potential presidential candidate, took over the Channel 2 news show Icela...