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A hiker fell into a crevasse last night

23 Aug A hiker had to be rescued last night. He fell into a crevasse while observing the latest eruption. The maximum speed has been lowered on a certain section of the Reykjanesbraut.

It is important to dress well for Culture Night in Reykjavík next Saturday.

Advises people to dress well on Culture Night as it could get cooler in the evening

22 Aug Þorsteinn V. Jónsson, a meteorologist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, advises people going to Culture Night to dress well and bring mittens and a hat.

The work on Suðuræð hot water supply line finished at 22:40 last night.

Hot water is slowly coming to the neighborhoods one by one

21 Aug Work on the connection of Suðuræð 2 hot water supply ended at 22.40 last night and water was started to be released back to the transport channel before midnight. It was over in the middle of the night.

Two climbers died this week when they fell more than a kilometer down the slopes of the Matterhorn mountain in Switzerland. Trausti Ingason had walked with them earlier in the day, but he turned back before going any further.

An Icelander in the trip where the men fell to their deaths

20 Aug "I was just there the same day, these were men I had met the day before and we had breakfast together."

The road to Landmannalaugar is in bad shape with deep potholes and the Ranger in the area says it has seldom been worse.

The road to Landmannalaugar in a bad shape due to traffic and rain

19 Aug The route Fjallabaksleið north into Landmannalaugar is in the worst shape these days, but the reason for that is the recent rainy weather, which caused the Road Administration to not be able to grade the road. Now, however, the aim is for that work to be completed in the next few days.

Were going to leave a 14-year old alone in Rome for a week after overbooking a flight

16 Aug "I don't understand how it can be messed up so much," says Telma Rós Jónsdóttir in an interview with a mbl.is reporter about the incident in Rome where she, her boyfriend, and a 14-year-old boy were not allowed to board a flight to Iceland that they had already paid for.

An extensive search was conducted in Mt Kerlingafjöll after an emergency message was received online.

The fake messages might have come from abroad

13 Aug "There is nothing to suggest otherwise," says Sveinn Kristján Rúnarsson, senior police officer at the police in Suðurland, in a conversation with Morgunblaðinn's reporter, when asked if it is possible to categorically say that the request of tourists in Mt Kerlingarfjöll for help was a false message.

Guðmundsson has been training in dance since he was four years old.

"Like having a knife in your toe"

11 Aug Logi Guðmundsson sits in the reception area of the physiotherapist's office and politely answers the phone when the clients call. At first glance, he seems like a normal teenager, tall and thin, doing his summer job.

Ragnhildur Aðalsteinsdóttir has traveled a lot in the East with her camera.

The best meditation is sitting in a berry bush on a nice summer day in Mjóifjörður

10 Aug The Eastern region is very dear to Ragnhildur Aðalsteinsdóttir. She grew up in Vaðbrekka in Hrafnkelsdalur Valley, then lived in Fellabær during high school, before moving to Reykjavík in her twenties. She says she is quite good at visiting her childhood memories, and most of her family still lives in the East. She rejoices with those who have yet to experience coming to Stórurð hiking trails for the first time.

The town of Grindavík will pay ISK 30 million and the state ISK 440 million for the work on infrastructure in the town that is on the agenda.

It will take some time to prepare the actions

9 Aug At the same time that a volcanic eruption is expected in the vicinity of Grindavík at any moment, the Grindavík Committee has submitted an action plan for construction worth 470 million ISK. Of this, Grindavíkurbær will pay 30 million, while the state will pay 440 million.

An extensive search was put into action after the emergency message was received.

A fake call would be investigated as a criminal matter

7 Aug It is suspected that a fake call triggered an extensive search at Kerlingarfjöll on Monday and yesterday.

Kristín Bogadóttir looks at Iceland through the eyes of a photographer.

Fantastic to experience the stillness in the Westfjords

5 Aug Kristín Bogadóttir, photographer and guide, recommends taking your vacation slowly and enjoying what the country has to offer. She herself knows nothing better than being in the Westfjords.

All that the local police ask for is that people can enjoy themselves in the festval in the Herjólfsdalur valley in a safe manner.

No serious issues in the Westman Islands

5 Aug "It was relatively in the most calm way possible, so far I don't have any big issues in my hands after this National Festival," says Karl Gauti Hjaltason, police chief in the Westman Islands

From the left: Kristín Edwald, Halla Tómasdóttir, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir and Guðrún Erlendsdóttir.

Halla Tómasdóttir put into office as Iceland’s second female president

1 Aug Halla Tómasdóttir takes office as President of Iceland today. She will be the second woman to hold the position. The formal program begins today at 15:30. "The setup is the same as in 2016 [when Jóhannesson, the sitting president, first took office]. In 2020, of course, and during Covid, everything was smaller,” says Sigurður Örn Guðleifsson, a lawyer in the Prime Minister's Office who is responsible for organizing the inauguration, in an interview with Morgunblaðið.

Sunshine in July is 62 hours below average

30 Jul The sun has shone for 104.5 hours in the capital area so far in the month of July. It is 62 hours of sunshine below average, or a full week of sunshine below average. This is the seventh wettest month of July in the capital area since the beginning of measurements.