6 JanToday, the sixth of January is the last day of Christmas. The day is often called the Thirteenth and many places hold bonfires and various entertainments for the occasion.
7 Sep 2022The President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, has weighed in on the chocolate covered liquorice drama and tweets that chocolate covered liquorice is "as Icelandic as glaciers and elves, volcanoes and waterfalls. Nothing Danish there, with all due respect."
23 Jan 2020English musican, singer and songwriter Damon Albarn has long dreamt of composing a piece about the view from the window of his house in Iceland.
20 Apr 2019“To me, folktales are a source for so many things: entertainment, education, research, artistic inspiration, and for the collection of information about local sites, to name a few.”
30 Dec 2018If you're in Reykjavík on New Year's Eve, you won't miss the multitude of fireworks being lit on every street corner. Another Icelandic New Year's Eve tradition is to light bonfires where families gather to sing songs about the elves and the hidden folk who according to folklore are prominent at this time of year.
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