San Francisco Ballet to Grace Harpa’s Stage in 2016
The San Francisco Ballet will be coming to Reykjavík next spring as part of the 2016 Reykjavík Arts Festival. There will be four performances on the E...
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Iceland Becomes Bieber’s Purpose
After all the hubbub a month ago about Justin Bieber’s music video for “I’ll Show You,” filmed in Iceland, the Canadian pop star has just announced th...
Icelanders Nominated for Grammys 2016
The nominations for the Grammy Awards 2016 have come in and Iceland is well represented. Björk, composer Jóhann Jóhannson, and the band Of Monsters an...
Assessing the Damage After the Storm
Reports have been coming in all morning as Iceland takes stock after yesterday’s violent storm. According to the Iceland Monitor, the winds that hit t...
Extreme Storm to Hit Iceland: Stay Inside!
All of Iceland stands braced for the hurricane-force storm that is expected to hit the country this evening. The Icelandic Meteorological Office has i...
An Icelander Exposed–By Choice
An Icelandic art student has caused a stir on the Internet with a live-streaming video of himself, naked, living in a glass box for an entire week. Th...
Historic Landing on Antarctica by Icelandic Plane & Crew
Loftleiðir Icelandic, a subsidiary of the Icelandair Group, landed a Boeing 757 passenger aircraft on a blue-ice runway in Antarctica just last week. ...
Ice Skating Rink Opens Tomorrow in Reykjavík
The new ice skating rink at Ingólfstorg in downtown Reykjavík will be open starting tomorrow, December 1st. The temporary construction will be 400 met...