25 Jul 2017This summer, The Pearl has reopened after undergoing an extensive facelift. The new restaurant on the top floor is run by the owners the popular coffee roastery and cafés, Kaffitár.
10 Jul 2017According Páll Guðmundsson of the Iceland Touring Association, most tourists hiking in the Icelandic highlands are well prepared, but there are always a few that are not. He mentions a couple with their one year old child which got very cold and wet last year, and were ordered to return to the lowland.
10 Jul 2017 The warm streams of Reykjadalur are exremely popular with tourists who hike to the area in all seasons of the year. The area has now undergone some changes to meet the needs of such a large number of people.
6 Jul 2017The Extreme Chill Festival begins in Reykjavik today. The headlining act is one of the world's most influential electronic outfits, The Orb, performing at Húrra in Reykjavik on Saturday.
5 Jul 2017If you are following sun and warmth on your visit to Iceland, head to North East Iceland where the temperature are likely to rise up to 17°C today.
1 Jul 2017Early summer in Iceland every sheep farmer is caught up in sauðburður, a term used for the weeks when lambs are being born. In the video you get a glimpse into the life of an Icelandic sheep farmer, the beauty and the sorrow of it.
30 Jun 2017A policeman in the town of Keflavík, Iceland, took home 11-year-old twin girls last weekend when their father became very ill and was taken to hospital. The girls, from the US, had been travelling with their father in Iceland and had nowhere to go.
29 Jun 2017Price and cold weather were what bothered tourists our journalist got a hold of the most. Aside from that, all of them were really pleased with their visit and spoke of friendly locals and magnificent nature.
26 Jun 2017Canadian Michael Boyd who lost his wife in a terrible accident at Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon in 2015 blames a total lack of safety precautions at the site for his wife's death and adds that he feels sorry for the young man who ran her over, a man who now could face up to six years in prison for manslaughter.
18 Jun 2017Two American artists met in an Art residency in a small village in North Iceland, they ended up collaborating on a video, featuring pictures from one and music from the other.
15 Jun 2017A Viking sword from the 9th or 10th century was discovered in pagan boat grave at Dysnes, North Iceland. Archaeologists are competing with the sea in excavating the area. A part of the boat has already been lost to the sea.
14 Jun 2017Acclaimed Icelandic singer Ragnheiður Gröndal will be performing at the Nordic House tonight, located in the moorlands near the centre of Reykjavik. The building was designed by Alvar Aalto and is a piece of art in itself.
13 Jun 2017A group of people have applied to raise a chieftain's longhouse, church, smithy and a scriptorium in Mosfellsdalur, not far from Reykjavik. The aim is to relay a time in Iceland's history which the group believes to be the height of Icelandic culture, the Middle Ages.
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