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Nýidalurvalley in Sprengisandur, a large highland desert in central Iceland.

Sprengisandur desert road opened this morning

29 Jun 2018 Mountain road F26 across Sprengisandur opened this morning. Last week, the mountain roads of Landmannalaugar and Fimmvörðuháls opened.

Landmannalaugar are a geothermal area very popular for tourists.

Iceland's mountain roads are opening for summer

11 Jun 2018 Slowly but surely, Iceland's mountain roads are opening up after being snowed up for winter. Now Landmannalaugar are accesible by road as well as the roads by Möðrudalsöræfi and to the Kerlingarfjöll mountains.

Respected stage and film actor Þröstur Leó is also an experienced sailor and a passionate amateur cook.

Famous Icelandic actor becomes chef at Hlemmur Square in Reykjavik

4 Jun 2018 Famous Icelandic stage and film actor Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson will take over the role of chef at the restaurant at Hlemmur Square hotel in Reykjavik Tuesday June 5th for a period of two weeks.

Stelpur rokka! (Girls Rock! Iceland) is a volunteer-run non-profit organization working to empower girls, trans boys, gender queer and intersex youth through music.

Stelpur rokka! proudly present:Music Empowerment Mobility and Exchange, a European Rock Camp and Conference!

31 May 2018 Stelpur rokka or Girl's Rock introduce the Music Empowerment Mobility Exchange (MEME), a collaborative European project which empowers youth to engage in music making and community building.

Clouds paint the sky just before a storm hits the seaside town of Hafnir in Reykjanes.

The wild landscapes of the Reykjanes peninsula

22 Apr 2018 The Reykjanes Peninsula is perhaps one of the most underrated places in Iceland. It’s the home of Keflavik International Airport, and most tourists drive straight from there to Reykjavik without so much as a stop for a look around, aside for a visit to the Blue Lagoon. They don't know what they're missing.

Weather today dangerous for travel in South and South East Iceland

28 Mar 2018 The route no.1 through Skeiðarársandur and in Öræfi has been closed off due to weather. This means the road to the South and South East from Kirkjubæjarklaustur towards the Glacier Lagoon. The weather is said to be "dangerous to travellers."

Interview with Iraqi refugees who moved to the remote town of Ísafjörður

24 Mar 2018 Anwar Alsadon from Iraq came as a refugee to Ísafjörður, in the West Fjords of Iceland recently with her son, Sultan. Their new home is very different to their former home but they are thankful and happy.

Samúel Jónsson photographed in his garden of sculptures in 1965.

Fund raising effort for Iceland's most remote art museum

23 Mar 2018 The incredible art collection by artist Samúel Jónsson in Selárdalur, North Iceland, has inspired awe and wonder by everyone who visits it. Now, a society has been formed to save the statues by the artist, who passed away in 1969 and to restore this museum at the edge of the habitable world.

Skiing areas open in today's sunshine

3 Mar 2018 Today, ski resorts are open both in Bláfjöll just outside Reykjavik and in Hlíðarfjall mountain in Akureyri, North Iceland.

Coach carrying 26 French students overturned in Borgarnes

26 Feb 2018 A coach overtuned near Borgarnes in West Iceland yesterday afternoon carrying 26 teenagers from France. They are being catered for in a Red Cross centre which was set up in a high school in Borgarnes.

There are plenty of tourists in Iceland in February despite the cold and snow.

Why do tourists visit Iceland in February?

19 Feb 2018 This weekend's edition of Morgunblaðið published interviews with tourists visiting Iceland to find out what on earth they are doing in Iceland in stormy, cold February!

Iceland Met Office issues warning about an ice cave in Hofsjökull

15 Feb 2018 News has recently been shared about a newly discovered ice cave in Blágnípujökull, a SW outlet from the Hofsjökull ice cap in central Iceland, where a child has collapsed due to breathing in toxic gases. Fifteen years ago, geothermal activity which melted a hole in the ice cover, accompanied by a strong sulfur smell, was observed at this same location.