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Bieber sporting Iceland swimming trunks

8 Oct 2015 Bieber is pictured in clearly warmer and sunnier climes, holding a guitar and dipping his toe into a sea-view pool - and wearing a pair of ICELAND swimming trunks.

The flood was the biggest on record and caused widespread damage.

PM to visit glacier flood zone

6 Oct 2015 Icelandic Prime Minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, is today visiting the area hit by the extensive glacier flood of the Skaftá river in South Iceland last week.

The bright interiors still retain an unmistakeble sixties' feel.

A modern home in a picturesque neighbourhood

5 Oct 2015 Skerjafjörður, a quiet residential area close to Reykjavik domestic airport is almost like a village within the city with both charming traditional houses and some modern architectural gems. This beautiful modern house in Einarsnes has just been put up for sale on the Mbl.is real estate web.

Visit Reykjavik Harbour with the Mayor!

2 Oct 2015 The Mayor will be walking visitors from Harpa, through the port area to the district of Granda, with stops at interesting points along the way.

Skaftá flood: “This could be very big”

1 Oct 2015 You can follow the dramatic changes occurring in Skaftá river due to the glacier river flood currently under way on the Icelandic Met Office website.

Wondering about the connection between hypnosis and filmmaking? Tonight you could find out.

Get hypnotised tonight

29 Sep 2015 French hypnotherapist Gurwann Ran Van Gie's film ‘Honest Experience’ is screened tonight at the Reykjavik International Film Festival followed by a group hypnosis session with music.

Alexander DIngs started building from Dominoes when he was seven.

Iceland made of 22 thousand Dominoes

29 Sep 2015 Alexander Dings from Germany, aka AnnoDomino, recently posted a video to YouTube showing 22 Dominoes falling to create Iceland, the Icelandic horse, the word Eyjafjallajökull and a puffin.

Deplar in the remote Fljótir area in Skagafjörður is constructed in the traditional Icelandic style.

Luxury resort to open in North Iceland

26 Sep 2015 Construction is well under way for a new luxury guesthouse at Deplar in Skagafjörður, North Iceland.

Photo: Into the Glacier (with kind permission)

Langjökull ice caves hugely popular

25 Sep 2015 Into the Glacier features the world’s longest man-made ice tunnel – 800 metres long and reaching down to a depth of 30 metres.

Subdued pistachio walls and creepy drawings at the mysterious nameless pizza place, otherwise known as Hverfisgata 12.

Review: "Like hanging out in a David Lynch film"

22 Sep 2015 Iceland Monitor tries out the capital's ultimate hipster hangout: The anonymous pizza place on Hverfisgata 12.

The Ivory Vikings

21 Sep 2015 Travel website Stuck in Iceland kindly allowed us to share a guest blog by author Nancy Marie Brown who recently published a book presenting a new theory on the famed Lewis chessmen: That they were carved by a woman.

Justin Bieber in Iceland

21 Sep 2015 Bieber made a pit-stop in a Kaffitár café in Reykjanesbær, South-West Iceland, earlier today, ordering a double cappuccino.

Every year, the number of tourists to Iceland increases.

1,5 million tourists to Iceland next year?

15 Sep 2015 According to Icelandair's predictions, tourists to Iceland could amount to 1,5 million in 2016.

Ægisgarður, a new 200 people beer centre that caters solely for groups.

Beer centre opens in Grandi

14 Sep 2015 An impressive beer centre owned by the Viking brewery has opened in Grandi, the harbour are of Reykjavik. The beer centre seats 200 people and features five different bars.

US to step up military presence in Iceland?

11 Sep 2015 Recent instances of Russian fighter jets approaching Icelandic airspace have reportedly caused concern both in the United States and in Iceland and Norway.