Arabic sources describe the Vikings as beautiful but filthy
Icelandic historian Thorir Jonsson Hraundal has devoted his studies to observations in original Arab texts about the Vikings according to an article i...
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Icelanders and Norwegians exercise the most in Europe
Icelanders do more sport and exercise than other European nations according to a survey by Eurostat, surveying the number of Europeans that exercise a...
Finger rafting on lake Thingvallavatn
Thingvellir National Park posted images to their Facebook wall today of strange formations in the ice covering Lake Thingvallavatn, with the following...
#BeBoldForChange – International Women’s Day 2017
For International Women’s Day 2017 a new outreach has been made for people to exhilirate gender equality. #BeBoldForChange is a call “on the ma...
Whispering Iceland – Icelandic landscape featured in multiply awarded time-lapse (Video)
Greek photographer Nick Kontostavlakis won Best Time-Laps award at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards in January with the stunning time-...
Wow air was the most punctual airline in February according to Dohop
Wowair was Iceland’s most punctual airline in February, according to Dohop’s calculations. Icelandair, Wowair and EasyJet are the three biggest airlin...
South of Forgiveness – Forgiving rape
IceNews recently reported on the book South of Forgiveness where rape victim and rapist co-author a book and travel the world, sharing the stage, for ...
Shrinking glaciers are tilting the earth’s gravity point close to Iceland
The Icelandic glaciers and icecaps have lost their ice mass by 200km2 since 1995, This loss of ice mass is the equivalent to 71 times the volume of la...