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.
28 Jun 2017Iceland Monitor's exclusive interview with Jamie xx of British band The xx. Their upcoming music festival at Skógafoss waterfall in South Iceland, called Night x Day has just been cancelled due to environmental reasons.
25 Jun 2017From the beginning, Secret Solstice has been at the top of the list for hip outdoor music festivals in Iceland. I attended for the first time last weekend. It was everything I expected and more.
24 Jun 2017The population of brown trout that resides in lake Þingvallavatn can get very big, which makes it a popular lake for fishing. Last night Danish angler Nils Folmer Jörgensen caught a trout that weighed 26 pounds.
22 Jun 2017A new video to song Þú lýgur (you lie) by Icelandic rock band HAM was premiered today to coincide with the release of Ham's third studio album. The band are performing at Húrra tonight and tomorrow night.
22 Jun 2017Some of the cocktails in wine bar Port 9 in central Reykjavik have lowered in price recently. According to the owner, the reason is super market Costco.
19 Jun 2017Guests at the Secret Solstice festival this weekend were prepared for all kinds of weather and favored stylish outerwear, ranging from fur and suede to denim and plastic.
19 Jun 2017The Secret Solstice music festival in Reykjavik came to a close last nights. The weekend's highlights included The Foo Fighters and The Prodigy.
15 Jun 2017A group of people is now working on putting up a whale sanctuary in Iceland’s Westman Islands. The Idea is to receive three beluga whales from an amusement park in China.
14 Jun 2017“This sucks, as simple as that. I thought I’d had my share of injuries,” says Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir, one of Iceland's most famous footballers. She suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament and will not be participating in the EURO 2017.
13 Jun 2017RÚV national broadcasting service reports that armed police officers will be present to ensure the safety of festival goers at the Secret Solstice festival in Reykjavik which starts on Thursday, as well as National Day celebrations on Saturday to increase safety with regards to recent terrorist attacks in Europe.
13 Jun 2017Staff at Tjarnarskógur playschool in Egilsstaðir, East Iceland have noticed tourists camping next to the playschool fence and going to the toilet within view of staff and children.
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.
12 Jun 2017A local police officer and an unnamed man showed immense bravery when they put themselves at risk to save a man that threw himself into Ölfusá River, by Selfoss in South Iceland.
12 Jun 2017The crowd at the stadium exploded in a frenzy of joy when Hörður Björgvin Magnússon scored a winning goal against Croatia at the last minute of the game last night. Yet again Iceland managed a win against a great football nation.
