Syrian families visit the presidential residency in Bessastadir
President Guðni Th. Johannesson and his family welcomed the newest group of Syrian refugees accepted by the Icelandic Government to settle in Iceland ...
The annual fireworks mania is on – New Year’s Eve will be a spectacle
New Year’s Eve in Reykjavik is thought to be an experience, there are a few official firework displays in the city leading up to the main event but th...
Artists’ Christmas bazars popping up all over Reykjavik
A new (old) trend has developed in recent years in the city of Reykjavik as artists come together and make big salon exhibitions before Christmas with...
Visitors make note of Icelandic manners
Manners of Icelanders don’t go unnoticed with rising numbers of foreign visitors. Icelanders apparently eat very fast, draw in air through the nose wi...
PISA global education survey shows Icelandic education lacking
Icelandic students have never measured poorer in all three areas of OECD’s PISA, global education survey. The 2015 survey found Iceland to be notably ...
Iceland’s first lady gives Icelandic lessons to a Canadian audience
Eliza Reid, Iceland’s first lady visited her native Canada recently where she made an appearance on Toronto’s City TV morning show. She casually spoke...
Video – Vigdis Finnbogadottir and Of Monsters and Men singer Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdottir have a conversation about equal rights
As reported, on 24 October in 1975 the women of Iceland took a stand against lower pay and the low value placed on their work contribution in society ...
Women´s day off! Women assemble at Austurvollur today
Women are encouraged to leave their place of work at 2:38 pm today, 24 October, a day known in Iceland as Women´s Day Off [Kvennafrídagurinn] There wi...