19 Apr 2024Icelandic nature was the most influential factor in foreign tourists’ decision to visit Iceland in 2022. 97% of respondents in the Icelandic Tourist Board survey said nature had a major or partial influence on their decision to travel to Iceland. Interest in the Arctic was also an important factor (84.6%) and in outdoor related activities (79.9%).
18 Apr 2024The nuclear-powered submarine USS New Hampshire is currently seen by some living in Suðurnes on the Reykjanes peninsula from their living room window. This is the fourth service-based visit of an American submarine to the country.
10 Mar 2024Ragnhildur Auður Mýrdal is a 22-year-old law student of the University of Iceland and she likes nothing better than to travel. She loves adventure and has traveled a lot both in Iceland and in other countries. She loves traveling in nature and the Icelandic Highlands are one of her favorites.
17 Feb 2024American tourists who mbl.is spoke to when they came out of the Blue Lagoon yesterday said that the experience was unique. Vincent and Heidi from the US said they were disappointed that they had not seen the eruption.
1 Feb 2024“I have never in my 25 years in this service had to endure threats like these, which are still ongoing with e-mails coming in,” says Helgi Magnús Gunnarsson, deputy state prosecutor, who has endured repeated threats by a man who was charged and convicted of various offenses in 2022.
26 Jan 2024The plan was that the residents of Grindavík could make their way to Grindavík today but that will not be the case, according to Víðir Reynisson, the director of civil protection.
29 Dec 2023The temperature forecast for New Year’s Eve has changed, and now milder weather is expected than before. As mbl.is reported, the outlook was for a very cold weather on New Year’s Eve, but it seems that those forecasts are now falling through.
23 Dec 2023Fannar Jónasson, mayor of Grindavík, will address the town tonight and send out a Christmas greeting. He says he admires the resilience he has witnessed with the town’s people in recent weeks.
19 Nov 2023The six year old Hlynur Breki Steinarsson moved to Grindavík with his family in November last year. When the family started their new life in Grindavík, they didn’t realise that shortly afterwards they would have to leave their new home due to powerful earthquakes.
6 Nov 2023The Icelandic author Rán Flygenring has been awarded the Nordic Council Children's and Young People's Literature Prize for her picture book Volcanic eruption, published last year.
26 Aug 2023The President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, participated in Eyrarskokk jog in Akureyri today. Eyrarskokk is a running group that has grown steadily over the past few years and today has become crowded and is composed of people of all shapes and sizes with different running styles and speeds, as stated on the group’s website.
16 Aug 2023The half-marathon of the Reykjavik Marathon, which will run on Saturday, August 19, is sold out, and the registration has rather exceeded the expectations of organizers as reported in a press release on their behalf.
15 Aug 2023American 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.
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