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Orange alert tomorrow in the South

30 Dec 2022 The Icelandic Met Office has issued an orange warning for windy weather and heavy snow in South Iceland tomorrow. The warning will take effect at 7 AM in the morning and will remain in effect until 15 AM. A yellow warning has been added to the capital region in the New Year’s Eve.

Hasn't been this much snow since 2008

27 Dec 2022 “I don’t remember this much snow since 2008 when everything snowed in,” says Guðni Oddgeirsson from the rescue team Þorbjörn in Grindavík about the snowfall in that town last night and this morning.

Helena Sigtryggsdóttir recalls stories from times past, but she will be 100 yeras old next year.

Helena's hundred Year Christmas

24 Dec 2022 In a family house in Kópavogur, the 99-year-old Helena Sigtryggsdóttir, a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother lives. She invites a reporter into her home, where her two daughters, Jóna and Alda, are present. They bring old photographs to recall old memories and Christmas celebrations in Siglufjörður. The home has a number of family portraits and beautiful objects that have accompanied Helena for a long time. Helena is a quiet, beautiful woman, who wears her age well. There is a lot to remember, but she is now living through her 100th Christmas.

Bogi Nils Bogason the CEO of Icelandair was very unhappy with Reykjanesbraut not being cleared when the airport was open, causing hundreds of people to be stranded at the airport.

Flights are slowly getting back on track

21 Dec 2022 It is not yet clear when all Icelandair flights will be back on schedule, but the airline has chartered two wide-body jets in order to meet the accumulated travel demand. The planes will be in use today. This is what Bogi Nils Bogason, the CEO of Icelandair, tells mbl.is.

There is no weather for flying today. This picture is not taken today.

All flights canceled today

19 Dec 2022 The airlines Play and Icelandair have canceled all flights for the remainder of the day due to extreme weather.

It has been impossible to enter Skegfjörður today, but a snowmobiling machine is now in the area.

Clearing the main roads first and will continue with residential areas

18 Dec 2022 Most main roads have been opened in the capital area, but the the snow in the city has made it difficult to travel easily this weekend. According to Eidur Fannar Erlendsson, unit manager of winter services for the City of Reykjavík, street clearing will continue through the evening and then work will resume tomorrow morning.

300 people stranded in the Blue Lagoon

18 Dec 2022 Around 300 guests were stranded because of the weather in the Blue Lagoon last night. Bogi Adolfsson, chairman of the rescue team Þorbjörn in Grindavík, says that by 4 o’clock last night things had been resolved and most visitors had already left to go home.

There could be increasing cold weather this week and peak later in the week.

Cold front coming this week

12 Dec 2022 It looks like there will be a cold front throughout the country over the next few days, which could peak as the week goes on. This is what meteorologist Einar Sveinbjörnsson says. It is predicted that the freezing temperatures will be higher than expected in Iceland. He said he is not confident that the predictions will come to pass.

Gunnar Freyr Gunnarsson loves travelling and wants to share his amazing experiences.

Gunnarsson reveals his travel secrets

4 Dec 2022 The photographer Gunnar Freyr Gunnarsson now has his own space on the travel website Rexby.com, a site where influencers, photographers and other travelers alike share their expertise. Gunnar is known for the Icelandic Explorer site, among other things.

Seven year old child critically injured

3 Dec 2022 A seven year old child is among those critically injured after a severe crash on Hnífsdalsvegur last night. The child and two other people were taken to hospital in Reykjavík in an air ambulance.

Ragnar Jónasson accepted the prize for the best crime novel published in France in the last 50 years last week.

Voted the best crime novel in 50 years

28 Nov 2022 "This was an outstanding evening in Paris and I am very happy to have been able to be her in person to accept this award. I am very touched," said Ragnar Jónasson the Icelandic crime novelist.

Fake snow and road signs in English are now seen everywhere in downtown Reykjanesbær.

Keflavík turned into Alaska

27 Nov 2022 Fake snow and road signs in English are now seen all over in downtown Keflavík but shooting for the fourth season of True Detective is planned in the town for the next few days. Kjartan Már Kjartansson, the mayor of Reykjanesbær, says everything is going well in the preparation for the shooting,but it is the production company True North thatis working on changing Keflavík into Alaska in USA.

The idea of the artist Arthur Ragnarsson from Siglufjörður forthe monument honoring the "herring girls".

A memorial to honor the "herring girls"

29 Oct 2022 The government has decided to support the creation of a memorial to the role of “herring girls” in the economic and employment of Icelandic women in the last century with 15 million ISK. The memorial will be placed on a specially built area at the Síldarminjasafnið museum in Siglufjörður next year, but then there are 120 years since the first herring was caught in Iceland.

The helicopter of the Icelandic Coast Guard.

Rescued French tourists in the highlands

25 Jun 2022 The Icelandic Coast Guard’s helicopter was called out last night to search for French tourists who had sent out an emergency call.

Berglind Hreiðarsdóttir on top of the world on Hvannadalshnjúkur which is 2110 m high.

"Amazing to be on the top of the world"

17 May 2022 The foodblogger Berglind Hreiðarsdóttir managed to get to the top of Hvannadalshnjúkur the other day. It is her second attempt, but last time she had to back down because of the weather. She says it is a feeling like no other to stand on the highest mountain in Iceland.