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Icicle damages in Iceland

6 Mar 2017 The heavy snow that came down last week is staying put on people’s roofs, and creating long icicles as parts of it melts and refreezes. Some damage due to icicles breaking off and landing on cars has already been reported.

Snæfellsjökull Glacier, Snæfellsnes famous landmar, is visible from Reykjavik on a clear day.

Self drive winter day tour to Snæfellsnes Peninsula

5 Mar 2017 Snæfellsnes Peninsula is renowned for beautiful nature and charming villages. There are many things to do and see there, and most of them can be covered in a day trip from Reykjavik, even in winter as Iceland Monitor has tried and tested.

Cats get trapped in Reykjavik snow

2 Mar 2017 The big amount of snow that has been both annoying and delighting the people of Reykjavik lately is not only affecting humans. There are several accounts of cats getting trapped by the snow. One of them is Indíánafjöður who got trapped under a porch for three days.

There was a thick layer of snow when most of the people of Reykjavik got up Sunday morning

VIDEO: Deep snow and death-traps in Reykjavik

1 Mar 2017 A video that shows the amount of snow in Reykjavik, and what else is there to do but make snow angels? Another shows Reykjavik post snow day, still ill passable for pedestrians as some sidewalks got very slippery.

Watch Icelanders do a snow "swim"

28 Feb 2017 A video of two teenage boys in Reykjavik competing in a "snow" swim has gone viral in Iceland.

Snow depth in Reykjavik was the most since the 1950's for the month of February.

And the snow record goes to... Borgarfjörður!

27 Feb 2017 Forget about Reykjavik, it's Borgarfjörður in West Iceland that holds the record for snow depth at 63 centimetres.

Hallgrímskirkja church, one of the city's landmarks, dusted with snowflakes.

Incredible photos of the record breaking snowfall night in Reykjavik

27 Feb 2017 Icelandic photographer Gunnar Freyr woke up to the sound of a tree breaking in his garden and saw the heavy snowfall coming down. He grabbed his camera and ventured into the city centre to capture these fantastic photos of a magical night.

Akureyrarkirkja Church is one if Akureyri's most distinct landmarks.

20 things to see and do in Akureyri

26 Feb 2017 Akureyri is often named the capital of North Iceland. It's by far the biggest town outside of the capital area, and there is plenty to see and do there. Here's a list of our top 20 things to see and do in Akureyri.

Pretty as a picture: the capital city in a thick coat of snow this morning.

Record amount of snowfall for February in Reykjavik

26 Feb 2017 Snow depth was measured at 51 cm at 9 am this morning in the capital which breaks the record of 48 cm in February in 1952. Only once has this been exceeded, in January of 1937.

Trapped: All roads leading out of Reykjavik closed

26 Feb 2017 An enormous amount of snowfall during the night has caused all roads leading in and out of Reykjavik to close. There's so much snow in the city that only jeeps are able to get around.

It's been snowing heavily in Iceland over the last couple of days.

Possible risk of avalanche in South Iceland

24 Feb 2017 The Icelandic Met Office has just declared a possible risk of avalanche in South Iceland, as snow has come down heavily in the area over the last couple of days.

Umferð gekk illa á Vesturlandsveginum í gærmorgun.

Roads around Reykjavik likely to close tomorrow, including to int. airport

23 Feb 2017 According to today’s weather forecast, all roads that lead to and from Reykjavik will be closed for a while tomorrow as a storm passes over the capital. This includes the road to Keflavik International Airport.

One of the buses of Strætó, the public bus system, drove off the road just north of Reykjavik

Many accidents in Iceland's sudden winter

22 Feb 2017 Ice and snow is making problems for the people of the land of ice. After a period of warm weather winter decided to return, making driving condition considerably more difficult. As a result many accidents have happened over the last two days.

The Arctic Henge near Raufarhöfn, North Iceland.

The most beautiful video of Iceland?

21 Feb 2017 UNILAD just posted a video with the caption “The Most Beautiful Video You’ll Ever See”, and it’s from Iceland.

Reynisfjara Beach is a popular place to visit, though it can get very cold this time of year.

Iceland to have a taste of winter

20 Feb 2017 After days of strangely warm weather lately with temperatures almost only seen over the summer, winter has finally decided to revisit Iceland.