Sigur Rós announces musical festival in Reykjavik at the end of the year (Video)
Sigur Rós is organizing a six-day art festival in Reykjavik’s concert hall, Harpa. The event is planned in the end of December between Christma...
Annual pilot whale killings in the Faroe Islands – An ongoing debate.
The Faroese have hunted the long-finned pilot whales in a tradition known as the Grindadrap for as long as anyone can remember. The earliest mention o...
Hekla Volcano ready to erupt as a large earthquake rocks south Iceland
Iceland is a volcanic island sitting on top of the Atlantic ridge and Icelanders are constantly reminded of that. Yesterday the farmers and summer cot...
Svala’s song Paper not expected to make it to the finals of Eurovision
The second rehearsals of the Eurovision Song Contest are over and reporters following events and making predictions weren’t taken by Svala’s song afte...
Busses barred from the old city centre of Reykjavik
Cars able to carry more than eight passengers and especially fitted mountain vehicles are to be banned from driving in the old city centre of Reykjavi...
Svala reveals her stage costume for the Eurovision Song Contest (Video)
Svala Bjorgivnsdottir is all set to represent Iceland at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv with the song Paper. Excitement is mounting in Icela...
A family pet killed on arrival in Iceland
There has been harsh criticism on the conduct of The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority MAST, since a family pet, a cat traveling with a Swiss co...
Thoughts about Iceland’s casual sex culture
Iceland is one of the most sexually liberated societies on the planet earth according to a blog on the Rooster. The blog goes on to state that by all ...