& other stories collaborate with Shoplifter (the artist)
New York-based Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardottir a.k.a. Shoplifter is the author of the & Other Stories “new co-lab contemporary art embrac...
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The western world has polarized because of the president’s taste in pizza “I don’t dictate pizza toppings!”
Its official, President Gudni Th Johannesson likes Cod as a pizza topping but dislikes pineapple. By remarking that he would ban pineapple on pizza if...
Director Aki Kaurismäki takes the Silver Bear at the Berlinale – jokes about Iceland no more taking over Europe than Islam (Video)
Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki joked in a press conference in Berlin in this week when asked about his thought on “the Islamication” of Europe. Islam...
Sonar Reykjavik 2017 starts today with an impressive lineup
Sonar is a music festival created in 1994, with the aim of pioneering unique format and content in a cultural event, combining a playful nature, the a...
The lost Icelandic version of Dracula – A literary discovery and potential TV series from Hollywood
Icelandic film producer Sigurjon Sighvatsson, based in Hollywood California, is preparing a TV series based on an Icelandic book about Count Dracula: ...
The “Northern Lights Problem” in Icelandic traffic
Police in Iceland are warning drivers not to stare up at the night sky while driving despite a possible spectacle of Aurora Borealis, this comes after...
Thingvellir National park – Silfra claims another life
A man from the US lost his life by Silfra where he was snorkeling with a group of tourists on 12 February. It is yet unclear if his death was caused b...
Ending state monopoly liquor stores on the table (again) in Iceland
There has been much debate in Iceland of about a proposed legislation that abolishes the state monopoly of alcohol in in Iceland. As it is a pe...