Reduction of the access controlled area north of Vatnajökull
The Police District Commissioners in North Eastern, Eastern, Southern Iceland, and the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police have decided to c...
Faroe Islands to lure tourists for solar eclipse
Thousands of tourists are expected to descend upon the Faroe Islands in order to see the solar eclipse later this month. As long as the sky remains re...
Europe’s biggest whale museum opens in Iceland
A new whale museum featuring real-to-life size models of the 23 species found in Iceland’s waters has opened in Reykjavik. The Whales of Iceland museu...
Strong winds disrupt flights out of Iceland
Four flights scheduled to depart the Icelandic capital Reykjavik on route to the US were cancelled as a result of gale-force winds on Tuesday, while a...
Summit held in Iceland to discuss darkness
Academics and artists from a number of northern countries met in Reykjavik on Friday to discuss the role of darkness in the region. The Dynamics of Da...
New satellite images show Iceland’s shrinking ice caps
Amazing new images published by the US Geological Survey (USGS) have revealed that two of Iceland’s ice caps shrunk by a significant amount between 19...
The March 20th Solar Eclipse in Iceland
The eclipse of March 20, 2015 is a Total Solar Eclipse. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth’s surface, which lies only 70 km east from...
Volcanic eruption in Holuhraun came to an end
The Scientific Advisory Board of the Icelandic Civil Protection has released the latest facts about the volcanic eruption in Holuhraun: The volcanic e...