Novelist brings Iceland to life in gripping murder mystery tale
Internationally acclaimed Icelandic author, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, is getting rave reviews for her most recent book which has just come out in an Englis...
Culture
Information and news on culture, music and the arts in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Bjork’s delivers ‘epic’ performance in Scotland
Bjork played the closing set of Scotland’s first Connect Festival which ended on September 2nd. Her headline performance included old classics as well...
Femin.co.uk offers free tickets to Cortes concert in London
Femin.co.uk is giving away 50 pairs of free tickets to subscribers of its newsletter to see the Icelandic singing sensation, Gardar Thor Cortes, perfo...
Jared Leto visits Iceland
Last Tuesday American heartthrob Jared Leto made a stop in Iceland. The actor and musician was on his way to Greenland with his band, 30 Seconds to Ma...
Iceland Airwaves to release iTunes exclusive compilation
The Iceland Airwaves music festival in Reykjavik, with support from IMX (Icelandic Music Export), will be releasing an iTunes compilation featuring 17...
Icelandic archaeological digs featured on Discovery Channel
A documentary on world archaeologists and their work produced by the Discovery Channel will feature footage from Iceland and explore the excavations o...
Programme announced for 2007 Reykjavik Jazz Festival
The annual Reykjavik Jazz Festival, supported by IMX (Icelandic Music Export), will be held this week in Iceland from August 29th and September 1st. T...
Transformers the movie huge success in Iceland
Transformers the movie opened in Iceland on August 8th, a long way behind the opening dates in the rest of the world. The film has had a strong openin...