Animals at Copenhagen Zoo are overweight
Workers at Copenhagen Zoo must try to come up with ways to enable their animals to lose weight after officials admitted that they were too fat. A larg...
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Akureyri named Lonely Planet’s best spot in Europe
The scenic town of Akureyri, just a few hours north of the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, has been named as Europe’s top destination by Lonely Planet. W...
Partygoers in Iceland invited to glacier rave
Enough of the boring, traditional raves in disused warehouses or fields, they’re yesterday’s news; at least in they are in Iceland, where revellers ar...
Welshman becomes first amputee to cross Greenland ice cap
An ex-Welsh soldier has become the first amputee to successfully cross Greenland’s treacherous ice cap. Peter Bowker, who said a nasty case of frostbi...
Lonely Planet to reprint after Stockholm error
The travel guidebook publisher Lonely Planet is reprinting its most recent issue after a picture of Uppsala featured on the front cover and not, as st...
Guest threatens Icelandic hotel staff with Tripadvisor
“Tripadvisor is a great page” says Birna Mjöll Atladóttir, hotelier at Hótel Breiðavík in Iceland. A guest recently visited the hotel and used Tripadv...
‘Whappy’ whale app launches in Iceland
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has launched the free Whappy app in a bid to persuade people to meet whales rather than eat them. The...
Study based on Icelandic volcanos could benefit airlines
New information on ash clouds could help planes map out safe routes following volcanic eruptions, scientists from Edinburgh have revealed. Researchers...