Icelanders excited as ever about the Eurovision Song Contest
The 2016 Eurovision song contest will be held in Stockholm in May and Icelanders are taking an extra festive approach this year as Iceland’s participa...
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Rutabaga farmers by day, artists by night
Musicians Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson and Berglind Häsler promptly left Reykjavík in the rearview mirror in 2014 and moved to the country, they got a far...
GPS Mishap Takes American Tourist on a Wild Adventure
Noel Santillan, an American tourist, ended up on a wild goose chase upon his arrival in Iceland, when he accidentally put in the wrong address for his...
Snowrollers – a Weather Phenomena
In the midst of all the snow in Iceland right now might be appropriate to mention the Snowrollers, a rather odd weather phenomena. Occasionally after ...
Young Icelanders don’t believe that God created the earth
Religion and superstition might make for an interesting topic if you happen on young Icelanders in the mood to engage in some theological conversation...
Plain Vanilla mass layoffs
Fourteen employees of the Reykjavik based mobile games company Plain Vanilla have been laid of since today. This makes for 20 per cent of the companie...
Cricket snack to go, Jungle Bar on the table in the USA
The owners of Crowbar Protein producers of the insect infused protein bars, Jungle Bar, have signed a contract with a distributor in the USA. Stefán A...
Sauna Nudity Becomes a Hot Topic in West Fjords
A group of inhabitants of the West Fjords have written an open letter to the authorities of the city of Ísafjörður, taking issue with the swimsuit pol...