Aleppo Kebab to open in Akureyri
Spring comes with a new addition to the culinary flora of Akureyri, a town of 18000 in northern Iceland. Some of the Syrian refugees settling in Akure...
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Travel cancelations from Norway to Iceland
A Norwegian travel agency has received around 1500 cancelations of trips between Norway and Iceland scheduled next summer according to a RUV report. T...
Sami people of Norway get involved in controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline
The Sami people of Norway have, by way of their parliament in Norway, persuaded the country’s second largest pension fund KLP to withdraw its money fr...
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...
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...
Majority opposes ending state monopoly of alcohol according to surveys
A bill is currently being debated in the Icelandic parliament regarding the state monopoly of alcohol retail. Passing the bill would mean to ab...