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.
19 Jul 2023 It is always great news when Icelanders are doing well on the international stage. Icelandair's stopover campaign: Easy to Stop – hard to leave, has reached tens of millions of people in Icelandair's main markets in Europe and North America. Foreign netizens and moviegoers praise the ad on social media, saying it brings them happiness and encourages them to visit the country, which reflects Icelandair's digital media and moviegoer metrics. The campaign is mainly published on social media such as Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, but also on television, cinemas, and YouTube.
16 Jul 2023Now when the best fishing season is upon us, foreigners on private jets and prosperous local companies are racing to get to the best of the best rivers, other forms of fishing are also happening. Fish are of varying value, and the size is not always an accurate measurement of the exhilarations involved in the fishing process. We heard of a great adventure that a three year old has fishing in Lake Elliðavatn.
1 Jul 2023“I just think Iceland is so beautiful and I love the way the language sounds,” says award-winning author and Danish teacher Allan van Hansen, who is completing a four-week Icelandic course at the University of Iceland.
20 Jun 2023“A solution to the matter has been found within the ministry, so Már Gunnarsson will not have to bear the cost of the dog,” according to a response from the Ministry of Food, in response to a case by Már Gunnarsson, an Icelandic student in England, an accomplished sportsman and musician, whose case involves his guide dog, Max.
17 Jun 2023There will be an open house at Bessastaðir tomorrow, June 18th, from 13:00-16:00. The President, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, will welcome visitors and pedestrians who can now view the the presidential residence. Bessastaðir has a long history and it is a group of buildings, including Bessastaðastofa, a reception room, a service wing, the President’s residents and more.
16 Jun 2023The number of parking spaces at Kerið in Grímsnes has doubled to meet demand, but Kerið is a popular tourist destination, not too far from the city of Reykjavik. Óskar Magnússon, one of the operators of Kerið, says the project is also improving the safety of tourists who visit Kerið.
8 Jun 2023A walrus now lies on the beach in Álftanes. The walrus has been on the beach for several hours, but people are asked not to come to the area and to go no closer than a hundred feet.
4 Jun 2023As a guest reporter for Iceland Monitor, Merle came from Germany to Reykjavík and immediately fell in love with the city. Here´s her Top Five things about the capital of Iceland.
29 May 2023The Reykjavík Hiking Festival will be held for the third time on May 30-June 3. The public health festival boasts a wide variety of walks around and around the capital area, but this year the festival will be in a slightly different format than before.
26 Apr 2023“There are still a lot of queries coming for the summer but we unfortunately just need to turn people away, because our situation is such that the summer is more or less sold out,” says Sara Ósk Rúnarsdóttir, receptionist at the Fosshotel Jökulsárlón.
6 Apr 2023Designations of origin are important for the protection of products, guaranteeing origin and linking consumers to primary production. Not all nations have been as good in securing designations of origin. For example, Italy has designations of origin for parma ham and parmesan cheese, Greece for feta cheese and France for champagne and camembert cheese. Only producers in certain areas referred by designations of origin may label their packaging with the name.
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