League of Legends esports tournament in Reykjavík kicks off in Reykjavík
The League of Legends tournament, MSI, kicked off on 6th May at the sporting arena, Laugardalshöll, Iceland’s capital Reykjavík. The event is on...
Culture
Information and news on culture, music and the arts in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Beloved Finnish Eurovision star Fredi passes away
Iconic Finnish musician and comedian Fredi, who represented Finland twice at the Eurovision Song Contest, has unfortunately passed away. Fredi was 78 ...
New Architecture and Design Museum in Helsinki sees historic private donation
Helsinki’s New Architecture and Design Museum has received a donation of 20 million Euros, making it the largest private donation ever given to ...
Request made for Disney+ to include Icelandic language
The on-demand streaming service, Disney+, has recently seen pressure from Iceland’s Minister of Education and Culture, Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, to i...
Music streamed 1.2 billion times in Iceland during 2020
According to RUV, Icelanders streamed music 1.2 billion times during 2020, as shown from data provided by the Icelandic Association of Record Publishi...
Outstanding Artistic Achievement goes to Iceland
The CARTA Outstanding Artistic Achievement and the Judge’s Choice for Best Oracle Deck went to father-daughter artist team Haukur Halldorsson, w...
Sex, Covid and borders most read content on Icenews
Over the past years, there are several articles that stand out as the most read on Icenews, and it’s not about Volcanos. For the past month, the...
Cheers to Icelandic National Beer Day
Beer Day is celebrated every year on March 1st in Iceland—a date that marked the end of a nationwide beer ban in 1989. You wouldn’t know it today, wit...