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Miss Iceland 2015 is too fat, says beauty contest

22 Oct 2016 Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir, Miss Iceland 2015, has been told by the owner of the Miss Grand International beauty contest that she is too fat and needs to lose weight before the grand final on Tuesday.

Hollywood film Justice League was partially filmed in Iceland.

Record year for film production in Iceland

21 Oct 2016 Turnover in the production of films, videos and television material in Iceland will be doubling this year if the first six months of the year are anything to go by.

Soup bus for the Reykjavik homeless?

20 Oct 2016 "My thoughts are with the people with no shelter," says Ingvi Skjaldarson at the Salvation Army. Since the Salvation Army moved out of their location in Kirkjustræti, central Reykjavik, they've been unable to mantain their soup kitchen.

Tourists running into the waves and laughing at Iceland's most dangerous beach.

Reckless behaviour to get the right photo

18 Oct 2016 Tourists at Reynisfjara beach see the warning signs but disregard the dangers according to a new University survey.

Hálfdán Pedersen studied film production in Los Angeles and now works as both a set designer and an interior designer with a strong focus on salvaged material.

"The house became a total obsession" - interview with interior designer Hálfdan Pedersen

17 Oct 2016 Icelandic film set and interior designer Hálfdan Pedersen became enchanted by a neglected old house in the tiny village of Flateyri in the remote Icelandic West Fjords twelve years ago. Today, his stunning renovation of the home using only recycled materials has been published in a book called Scandinavia Dreaming.

From the Pirate press conference yesterday.

Iceland’s Pirates gun for anti-government grand alliance

17 Oct 2016 Iceland’s Pirate Party (‘Píratar’) has issued an up-front refusal to work with either of the two current governing parties after the next elections – in a move unprecedented in Icelandic political history.

Who’s up and who’s down in Icelandic politics?

13 Oct 2016 With just over two weeks to go until general elections in Iceland, a nation avidly follows the polls to try and get some indication of who might be in line for government after the dust has settled.

Iceland election LATEST: seven parties set to return MPs

12 Oct 2016 The latest opinion polls for Iceland’s upcoming general elections continue to give mixed messages as regards which party is likely to secure first place.

Iceland’s ‘Inside the Volcano’ open for a few more days in 2016

11 Oct 2016 There are four days left this year for visitors to enjoy the stunning experience of exploring the inside of the Þríhnúkagígur volcanic crater.

British pound hits 8.5-year low against Iceland’s króna

11 Oct 2016 One pound sterling buys just ISK 140 today – a full ISK 50 less than one year ago – making Iceland a significantly more expensive place for British tourists.

The film makers meet with world-renowned thinkers, scientists, artists, academics and spiritual leaders who share their wisdom on the subject in the hope of unlocking a world of huge potential with a new vision, feelings, empathy and imagination.

New Icelandic documentary on intuition premieres tonight

6 Oct 2016 Innsæi- the Sea Within is a new Icelandic documentary by Kristín Ólafsdóttir and Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir offering radical insights on how to re-think how we think and sense the world today.

Kaleo performing live at Fjallsárlón glacial lagoon.

Kaleo music video filmed on an iceberg in Iceland

6 Oct 2016 Icelandic band Kaleo, who have had a fast rise to fame in the USA, have released a new music video in which they are shown performing on an iceberg in the glacial lagoon.

Icelandic singer auditioned with Stone Temple Pilots

4 Oct 2016 Musician Einar Vilberg was chosen from 40 thousand people to audition for the Stone Temple Pilots in Los Angeles earlier this month.

Iceland’s Finance Minister shoots down idea of ‘basic income’

30 Sep 2016 The idea of an unconditional ‘basic income’ to all citizens is being actively looked into by Iceland’s Pirate Party and is also under discussion in countries across the world, including Finland.

Jodorowsky is unable to attend the screening of his latest film in Reykjavik but is very happy that Icelanders can see his films.

"I never make boring pictures" - an interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky

29 Sep 2016 The latest film by legendary director Alejandro Jodorowsky, Endless Poetry, will be shown at the Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) tomorrow night. Jodorowsky, 87, says that the only purpose behind his film-making is to make art, and that the purpose of art is to give us an insight into ourselves and the beauty surrounding us.