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Expensive hotels could help control tourist influx

23 Nov 2016 Garry Steffen, managing director of the newly opened Canopy Hilton Hotel in central Reykjavik believes that one way to control the influx of tourists to Iceland is to build luxury hotels and thus attract tourists who spend more money while on their visit.

Iceland: A bird watcher's paradise

19 Nov 2016 Iceland is well regarded as a bird-watching paradise and is both home and migratory destination to many birds, both sea faring and land-based.

Italy’s ‘Friends of Iceland’ stage event in stunning Verona

18 Nov 2016 Over seventy members of the Italian ‘Amici dell’Islanda’ (Friends of Iceland) association gathered in the north Italian city of Verona last weekend to celebrate their love of all things Icelandic.

PHOTOS: Iceland through the lens of a first-time visitor

14 Nov 2016 Photographer and new self-confessed Iceland fan Sam Chapman has kindly let Iceland Monitor present a showcase of some of his stunning images from his recent first visit to the country.

There is a great variety of traditional Icelandic food available at Kolaportið.

Favourite shops of an Icelandic foodie

9 Nov 2016 Aside from the pickled and fermented food often used to shock tourists, there is a bounty of great food to be had in Iceland. Here is a list of some of the the best places to shop for a foodie in Iceland.

Björk will be performing at Harpa at Iceland Airwaves next weekend.

Metaphysical healing- Interview with Björk

1 Nov 2016 Björk has been particularly busy recently. She's been making a virtual reality version of her latest album Vulnicura, she's writing new songs for a new album and she's also directing an exhibition dedicated to the digital aspects of her work. Oh yes, and she's also performing twice at the Iceland Airwaves music festival.

We pick our favourite things to do in the capital city.

Our favourite places in Reykjavik - An insider's guide

27 Oct 2016 Here's our pick of the places to see, things to do and food to eat on a weekend trip to the coolest capital of the north.

Jóhann Guðmundsson (right) at the annual meeting of the IWC in Slovenia.

No change in Iceland’s position on whaling

25 Oct 2016 Iceland continues to officially oppose a ban on commercial whaling and the creation of a whale sanctuary zone in the South Atlantic, it is reported.

Hopefully the snowfall won't inferfere with the election.

Snow predicted on election weekend

24 Oct 2016 The first snow of winter will be falling next weekend, the weekend of the general parliament election.

An Icelandic culinary journey to the centre of the gut

8 Oct 2016 Kexland is offering a new guided tour every Monday and Tuesday of their three wonderful restaurants in Reykjavik.

The President and First Lady of Iceland.

Euro 2016 stab victim to take coffee with President of Iceland

5 Oct 2016 The young British police officer who fell victim to a vicious knife attack while supporting Iceland at Euro 2016 in France is to visit the President of Iceland for coffee tomorrow.

Jodorowsky is unable to attend the screening of his latest film in Reykjavik but is very happy that Icelanders can see his films.

"I never make boring pictures" - an interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky

29 Sep 2016 The latest film by legendary director Alejandro Jodorowsky, Endless Poetry, will be shown at the Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) tomorrow night. Jodorowsky, 87, says that the only purpose behind his film-making is to make art, and that the purpose of art is to give us an insight into ourselves and the beauty surrounding us.