17 Jul 2015"We urge people to help us to keep this down," explains guide Ari Arnórsson who accompanied by the farmers of Heiðarbær, has removed hundreds of cairns which had been built by tourists at Þingvellir national park.
16 Jul 2015"Iceland's been marketed as a country where you don't have to pay for anything," says Ástdís Kristjánsdóttir, managing director of Gullfoss Kaffi to mbl.is today. She says that tourists refuse to pay for use of toilets and "piss and shit" outside of the windows.
16 Jul 2015"It could snow in the highlands this weekend but there won't be any opportunities to go skiing next week," says Birta Líf Kristinsdóttir at the Iceland Met Office when asked about the weather outlook this weekend.
14 Jul 2015Two prisoners escaped from the Kvíabryggja prison last night. A search is being conducted but according to prison authorities they are not considered dangerous. The men, who are 19 and 21 years old have a history of drug related crimes.
8 Jul 2015"This year is the worst yet," explains conservator Eyþór Eðvarðsson in a new video showing the bad state of an archeological site at Gufuskáli in Snæfellsnes in west Iceland. The site contains ancient fishing huts which were used from the age of settlement until the middle ages.
7 Jul 2015The Pólar festival in Stöðvarfjörður, east Iceland, kicks off today, July 7th and continues until July 12th. The festival's theme is sustainability. "Those who come to the festival have to help collect food and so on," says one of the organisers, Viktor Pétur Hannesson.
5 Jul 2015One of Brtain's most famous television chefs, Gordon Ramsay, spent the weekend in Iceland. He's posted a photograph of himself holding a huge salmon on his Facebook page.
2 Jul 2015Yesterday evening, Icelandic MPs took to the lectern to deliver their customary closing speeches before the Icelandic Parliament (‘Alþingi’) adjourns for summer recess.
2 Jul 2015While June temperatures in the capital Reykjavik in 2001 were lower than this year’s, one has to go right back to 1993 to find a colder June in the Westman Islands off the coast of South Iceland.
1 Jul 2015The first weekend of July is THE travel weekend in Iceland, so if you’re heading from Reykjavik on Friday, or to Reykjavik on Sunday, it is better to travel either early or late to avoid the traffic.
1 Jul 2015Heart operations at Landspítali may be seriously disrupted if all announced resignations go ahead. 285 health care professionals have so far resigned in the wake of pay disputes and strike action.
30 Jun 2015Birgitta Jónsdóttir, leader of the Icelandic Pirate Party (‘Píratar’), has urged the Greek people to “follow their hearts” in the snap referendum called by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
29 Jun 2015According to figures from Statistics Iceland, total cinema attendance fell from 1.65 million in 2009 to 1.38 million in 2014. Numbers have not been lower since 2005.
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