Category: Culture and Living

Multi-Functional Flowers in Mjódd: Video

12 Feb Bright-colored, strange-looking, giant tulips were recently planted by the Mjódd shopping center in Reykjavík.

The church and congregation hall in Húsavík.

Húsavíkurkirkja Church in Need of Major Repair

8 Feb Húsavíkurkirkja church in Húsavík, North Iceland, is in need of major repair.

Arndís Sigurbjörnsdóttir, in the company of Bernie Sanders.

Bernie Sanders in Hafnarfjörður

7 Feb Bernie Sanders caught my attention by being a charming man who wants to have a positive impact.”

Action Plan Needed to Help Icelandic Boys Perform Better in School

6 Feb Icelandic boys don’t perform nearly as well in the school system as girls do.

Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival Opens Today

4 Feb The annual Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival opens today and continues through Sunday.

Minister of Education Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir.

‘Unacceptable’ for Disney+ not to Make Icelandic Accessible

2 Feb The Walt Disney Company does not offer Icelandic subtitles or Icelandic dubbing on the company’s streaming service Disney+.

Composing Music from Sounds of Sheep

31 Jan Composer Hafdís Bjarnadóttir is working on a musical composition involving the sounds of sheep.

From Vatnajökull glacier, when True North was filming The Tomorrow War.

Interest in Building Film Studio in Iceland

23 Jan Icelandic contractors and international investors have shown interest in building a film studio in Iceland

President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and First Lady Eliza Reid attended the opening of the reading contest.

Software for the Survival of Icelandic

19 Jan Voice samples from Icelandic youth will be collected during the annual Grade School Reading Contest, which opened yesterday at Fellaskóli grade school in Reykjavík.

The Fellahverfi neighborhood is multi-cultural.

Icelandic Is Essential to Getting Access to Society

14 Jan “Having good command of Icelandic is the key to access to society and a prerequisite for people’s wishes and dreams coming true.”

Live Music Every Night on Laugavegur

14 Jan Live music will be on offer every night of the week at a new restaurant and bar at Laugavegur 18, Reykjavík.

The Yule lads, holding torches, in Herjólfsdalur valley.

Icelanders Bid Farewell to Christmas

7 Jan Icelanders celebrated the 13th and last day of Christmas last night by shooting fireworks, but other than that, the celebration was very different from usual.

Reykjavík Studios Creates Opportunities for Iceland

6 Jan Film director Baltasar Kormákur states that his film studio Reykjavík Studios in Gufunes creates new possibilities for film production in Iceland.