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The hope of a good shot a great incentive

10 Sep 2023 Jón Gauti Jónsson won the photography competition from the Icelandic travel website of mbl.is recently with the photograph “A traveller in his own world in the Kerlingarfjöll mountains. Jónsson works as a project manager for the company Icelandic Investment, but enjoys his spare time going to the mountains with the camera throughout the year.

From the Whaling station of Hvalur hf. in Hvalfjörður. From photo archives.

Caught three fin whales on the first tour

8 Sep 2023 Whaling vessels Hvalur 8 and Hvalur 9 will be in harbor today with three fin whales after the first tour of the season. The fishing was successful despite blind fog and bad weather. Hvalur 8 caught one fin whale and Hvalur 9 had two fin whales.

Kristján Loftsson, the CEO of Hvalur hf.

Hvalur hf. appeals the protesters and whaling resumes

7 Sep 2023 Hvalur hf. has appealed to protesters Anahitu Babaei and Elisha Biou. This is confirmed by Deputy National Police Commissioner Kristján Helgi Þráinsson, when interviewed by mbl.is yesterday.

The situation on the scene in the highlands was not good but finally the rescue team managed to get the man to safety.

The storm yesterday caused havoc and a group of hikers in distress in the highlands

2 Sep 2023 The storm caused severe havoc in many areas last night, and the country’s rescue teams had their hands full. Most calls involved issues related to the wind, but there was also a search for a team of four people in the highlands on Laugavegur.

Fourteen Play pilots resign

1 Sep 2023 “The world is currently experiencing a severe shortage of pilots and competition for qualified people among airlines is fierce. Earlier this summer it became clear that this competition was causing their pay to go up and it would be difficult to hire and retain pilots. Therefore, Play began working on a number of issues concerning the pay and conditions of its pilots,” stated a press release from the airline Play.

Whaling or not whaling is the question of the day

31 Aug 2023 Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, is expected to present her decision on the continuation of whaling in Iceland to the government at its meeting today, while the government is attending a meeting in Egilsstaðir to review the parliamentary matters of the winter.

Jóhannesson plays in films and TV series all over the world. Next Friday a film he has a lead in, Kuldi (Cold) will premiere in Iceland.

Icelandic horror movie on a new level

26 Aug 2023 It is smoldering hot on the balcony of the film actor Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson and if I didn’t know we were in Reykjavík, I might as well be in the mecca of the film industry, Hollywood. In the world of movie stars, yes, the sun shines all year round. Jóhannesson, a little sunburned after the Icelandic summer, says he is not looking for the life of the stars in Hollywood. He is content to live in Laugardalur area in Reykjavík, with his wife and children, and while he often spends time abroad on film and television projects, he gets good time off in between. Now he is going to Rome to play a gladiator, but Icelanders will see him on the white screen next week in the chilly horror film Kuldi or Cold in English. Jóhannesson promises that the film will be hair-raising and give the audience a chill.

Erla Guðrún Egilsdóttir and Andrea Heimisdóttir were attacked on Lion's Heads mountain in Cape Town yesterday.

Two Icelandic girls attacked in Cape Town

25 Aug 2023 Two Icelandic girls were attacked at Lion’s Head Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, yesterday. A man attacked the girls with a firearm and a stone as they walked down the mountain shortly after sunset.

Three Icelandic artists nominated in the Top 20 Under 30 – Nordic Music Biz

22 Aug 2023 Today NOMEX announced the “Top 20 Under 30 – Nordic Music Biz” and this year there are three Icelandic artists nominated. It is Bjarni Daníel Þorvaldsson, Junia Lin Jónsdóttir and Sólveig Matthildur Kristjándóttir who will go from Iceland to accept the award at a prestigious ceremony at the By:Larm festival in Norway on September 14.

Big fire in Hafnarfjörður yesterday

21 Aug 2023 A large fire in a building on Hvaleyrarbraut in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, took place yesterday and firefighters were battling the fire until the fifth hour of the night. Birgir Finnsson, acting fire chief for the Reykjavík Metropolitan Fire Department, told mbl.is last night that the premises are probably completely destroyed.

Andrea Kolbeinsdóttir at the finishing line, the first of Icelandic women in the race and in 7th place overall. In spite of hitting the dreaded 30 kilometre wall her time was improved by 5 minutes.

"Then I just got my feet shot"

20 Aug 2023 “We had already decided, four runners to go out in 3:44:02 and it was just going incredibly well, we stayed together right up to thirty kilometres,” says Andrea Kolbeinsdóttir, who became the most successful Icelandic woman in the Reykjavík Marathon yesterday, and also came seventh in the overall standings of all participants that were about 11,000. By 3:44:02 she meant minutes per kilometre, not the total time of the race.

The anthropology professor and writer, Jason Pine, has fallen in love with Iceland and wants to live here when he retires.

Mafiosos and metamphetamine

19 Aug 2023 Jason Pine, a college teacher who flees from his native New York City each summer, goes to Iceland says he enjoys the quiet in the North. Jason, who now lives in Akureyri, spends his spare time building a house on the other side of the fjord in Vaðlaheidi. When he has time off, he enjoys nature and works on his novels. One is about his Hungarian grandparents, another about Monika in Merkigil farm, and a third is a crime novel about an American who builds a house in Iceland. It’s obvious where he gets that idea from!

Downtown closed for vehicles on Saturday

17 Aug 2023 Culture Night will be held this Saturday, August 19, when Reykjavík celebrates its 237th anniversary. The festival itself has now been celebrated for 28 years.

Miðja landrissins virðist vera undir norðvesturhluta Öskjuvatns, hér fjær fyrir miðri mynd, sem tekin var úr lofti síðdegis í gær.

Land continues to rise in Askja lake

17 Aug 2023 Land continues to rise at Askja lake and the slope from the water’s center continues to increase. This indicates the first results of surface measurements at the lake. A journalist and a photographer for Morgunblaðið accompanied scientists to Askja and Víti for annual measurements yesterday.

The US tourist Sofya Vasilyeva had a serious snomobile accident on Langjökull glacier last Friday. She says she is getting better though.

"I thought I was dead"

15 Aug 2023 American tourist Sofya Vasileva suffered a wound to her liver following a motor accident at Langjökull glacier on Friday. However, she says she is on the mend and said she is stunned by the quality of Iceland’s healthcare.