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A whole whale testicle is used for each brewing.

Whale testicle beer anyone?

12 Jan 2015 Icelandic microbrewery Steðji is producing a new beer, Hvalur 2, for the winter month of Þorri. The beer is flavoured with the testicle of fin whales who, according to old Icelandic traditions have been salted and then smoked using horse manure. A whole testicle is used for each brewing.

Around three hundred people shared a solemn moment at the French Embassy in Reykjavík last night.

Three hundred gather in solidarity with France

9 Jan 2015 The tricolor was drawn at half-mast at the French Embassy last night when three hundred Icelanders and French people living in Iceland gathered for a meeting of solidarity. People laid flowers, pens, pencils and candles at the flagmast.

French people and those wishing to show their support for France in light of yesterday's events can attend a meeting of solidarity at the French Embassy at 6.p.m.

Solidarity meeting for France

8 Jan 2015 People are urged to bring pencils and candles to a solidarity meeting for France at the French Embassy in Reykjavik today at 6.p.m. in the wake of the attack in Paris on newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Iceland's Prime Minister has condemned the attack and the President of Iceland, the Mayor of Reykjavík and Iceland's Foreign Minister have sent their condolences.

Forwarding the clock in Iceland by an hour would bring brighter mornings and possibly help our sleeping habits.

Should Iceland forward the clock?

6 Jan 2015 The sleeping habits of Icelanders are being investigated by a team of experts at the University of Iceland to see how much the dark winter mornings actually affect us. The survey, sent to ten thousand Icelanders will help to find out whether setting the clock forward one hour will help. Daylight-Saving time is not observed in Iceland which is in Greenwich Mean Time.

Grísalappalísa, here playing at Iceland Airwaves, is signed to the 12Tónar label in Iceland.

Sales of independent music going down

5 Jan 2015 Album sales have gone down immensely in the last few years which means that music labels are producing fewer of them. "The grassroots in Icelandic music are suffering as artists receive very little money from Spotify and cannot sell their albums in supermarkets," says Lárus Páll Jóhannesson who is on the board of the Icelandic association of record producers and one of the owners of the 12Tónar label.

Bambi Guðjónsson is a big Disney fan and changed his name legally a year ago.

Changed his name to Bambi and never looked back

2 Jan 2015 A man named Guðmundur Guðjónsson changed his name to Bambi in 2004 and thus became the first Icelander to bear that name. The name Bambi had to meet with approval of the Icelandic naming committee and Bambi is currently the only Icelander with that name.

Sölvi Fannar competing in MAS Wrestling with Russian Sergey Frolkin.

Competed in a world championship with almost no preparation

31 Dec 2014 The multi-talented Sölvi Fannar Viðarsson has recently returned from a trip where, among other adventures, he was the first Icelandic man to compete in MAS (Siberian) wrestling, and where better to start than the world championship! Sölvi only had around twenty minutes to get himself acquainted with the sport before the meet but says, still he fared better than he had ever dared dream of.

Icelanders go firework crazy

31 Dec 2014 The tradition of lighting fireworks in Iceland on New Year's Eve isn't a very long one, but Icelanders like to pull out all the stops tomorrow night. Here are a few of the best places to see fireworks on New Year's Eve in Reykjavik.

Emily Fernandez and police officer Lilja Kristjánsdóttir at the Hlemmur headquarters yesterday.

Police Instagram inspired trip to Iceland

30 Dec 2014 South-African Emily Fernandez read an article on boredpanda.com about the Instagram account of the Icelandic policeforce and decided to go to Iceland for a holiday.

Where to go during New Year's

29 Dec 2014 This New Year's will see an unprecidented number of restaurants open for business on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day in Reykjavík.

Submarines or fishing boats?

21 Dec 2014 Fisheries has been one of Iceland's main industries for a long time and fundamental to the country's economy. But bringing home the riches of the fishing grounds around Iceland has always been a very tough job. Especially in bad weathers which Icelandic fishermen are no strangers to.

Make sure that you get an extra pair of woolen socks for Christmas as the snow is staying in Iceland for a while.

A cold, white Christmas ahead

17 Dec 2014 Iceland faces another snow storm this weekend and plunging temperatures according to the weather forecast and it looks like we could have a rather Arctic Christmas ahead.

The weather right now

10 Dec 2014 The Reykjavik Police Department has published a video on their Facebook page of the weather in the city. The video is shot from the police headquarters at Hlemmur in the city centre.

Iceland's most coveted? The brass Omaggio vase from Kähler.

Icelanders go nuts over Omaggio vase

9 Dec 2014 When 200 Omaggio brass anniversary edition vases from Kähler went on sale online at the Módern webshop in Iceland, the site collapsed from the demand. In an earlier presale, 200 vases were sold in the space of five minutes. In a bizarre turn of events it seems that this vase is Iceland's most coveted item.

Berþóra Guðnadóttir, designer and owner of Farmers Market has designed dresses to help a Togo orphage.

Designs for Togo orphans

9 Dec 2014 The designer of Farmer's Market jumped at the chance to design a collection of dresses to be made in Togo, West Africa using local materials. All proceeds from the dresses, who go on sale today, go to an orphanage in Togo.