2 May 2023Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson had to undergo a second operation due to an infection that has formed in his arm. This is what he reports in a video on Facebook.
1 May 2023“A few weeks ago I started swelling around my nails and as a result they started falling off,” says Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson in a video entry posted on his Facebook page last Thursday.
28 Apr 2023Iceland is in the forefront of Europe for the fourth consecutive year in terms of the number of optical fibre connections. In total, 76.8 percent of households in Iceland are connected, followed by Spain with 73.6 percent and Portugal with 71.1 percent. Our Nordic cousins Sweden and Norway have 67.5 percent of households with optical fibre connections, Denmark 43 percent and Finland 43 percent.
23 Apr 2023It is now possible to walk behind Seljalandsfoss by Eyjafjöll again, but this is a very popular tourist attraction in this area. This route usually closes in the autumn because when temperatures go beneath freezing, a large chunk of ice is produced, where a spray of water from the high waterfall overflows the area.
22 Apr 2023Marie Mrusczok stands wide-legged on the swaying deck of the Íris, her gaze fully concentrated on the grey-blue shimmering sea. Her eyes are scanning the Breiðafjörður for fins, blows, or any other signs of whales. Up to 70 passengers place their hopes for a whale encounter on the spotter of the afternoon tour. Mrusczok is not alone. Her six-year-old Icelandic Sheepdog Sara is always by her side and has already proven her spotting skills, especially in foggy conditions.
7 Apr 2023Erla Ásmundsdóttir made her long-held dream of going to sea come true last year and now works as a chef at the trawler Helga María RE-1, owned by Brim. She says the experience of seafaring so far is a total adventure, but reminds me that it’s important to make it special at sea and therefore always keeps a “fancy Friday” on board, as stated in a 200-mile paper of Morgunblaðið.
4 Apr 2023The avalanches that hit Neskaupstaður on Thursday are expected to be the largest in the town’s history. Especially considering how large they would have been, had there not been a support structure in the source areas and a protective barrier down the hill.
1 Apr 2023“It is of course sad when a big media like Fréttablaðið retires. There are dozens of media people, if not hundreds of people, who lose their jobs, and of course that is a sad day in itself,” Minister of Culture and Business Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir tells mbl.is about Fréttablaðið’s withdrawal from the Icelandic media market yesterday.
29 Mar 2023The mayor of Fjarðabyggð says that the city’s operational authority is concerned about the weather that will soon be moving over the area, but a break in the weather has created a window to get supplies and such items to their destination. However, if things go wrong, the sea route will remain open. The community has banded together and is dealing with this major task with serenity.
21 Mar 2023An avalanche occurred in Brimnesdalur over the weekend and two of the tourists who were caught in the flood were taken to the emergency room. The local police chief does not say whether the flood was caused by human movement or not. More and more people are going to the mountains in the area and there is a need for further services and surveillance.
17 Mar 2023“There are narrow-minded people in this world who say that presidents should not do this. But I say this is just the way presidents do things,” said Iceland’s President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, while donning a differelntly coloured pair of socks and re-enacting the famous image that went viral on the Internet a few years ago.
16 Mar 2023This is what Iceland and its immediate neighbourhood in the northern hemisphere looked like when one of NASA’s satellites, the US space agency, swung over the country earlier this week.
14 Mar 2023The extraordinary quality of the artwork is well illustrated by historian and assistant Program director of RÚV, Margrét Jónasdóttir, who can enchant the most amazing garments with knitting needles and yarn. She learned to knit when she was eight years old and has knitted ever since like there is no tomorrow. Her latest product is a complete suit or a onesie, knitted for the actor and director Gísli Örn Garðarsson.
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