15 Jul 2017A parking meter has been put up in the parking lot by Seljandalandsfoss waterfall, one of the Souths greatest tourist attraction. All entrance to the area was previously free of charge.
12 Jul 2017A group of boy scouts were observed swimming at Iceland's most dangerous beach yesterday, diving in and letting the waves catch them. The undercurrent at Reynisfjara is extremely strong and the beach has claimed two lives recently.
13 Mar 2017 A group of foreign tourists in Iceland were in grave danger today when some of them ran after a huge wave at the famous Djúpalónssandur pebble beach in Snæfellsnes. A wave caught the people and carried them far into the beach.
7 Mar 2017The western half of Iceland’s south coast is an easy day tour from Reykjavik, as Iceland Monitor has tried and tested. Including stops like Vík, the beautiful Reynisfjara beach, Seljalandsfoss waterfall and much more. The trip then ended with a soak in a geothermal pool while watching the sunset.
24 Jan 2017A much coveted plot of land in Vík, Mýrdalur, South Iceland was alotted to Vilhjálmur Sigurðsson who plans on building a 60-100 room hotel there. Construction is set to begin this spring. Vík is located near the famous Reynisfjara beach.
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14 Jan 2017Once you've finished browsing through Iceland Monitor’s wide selection of news, events and features, you might like to have a look at some other Iceland-related material from around the world that we collect for you weekly. This week the newly formed government made most of the international headlines.
13 Jan 2017A tourist died in the dangerous waves at Kirkjufjara, which forms part of Reynisfjara beach last Monday. Even so, just days later, tourists are not reading the warning signs at the beach and when our reporter visited the beach yesterday, many of them were actually playing in the waves, laughing, totally oblivious to the danger.
12 Jan 2017Tour guides and security experts think there is a great need to improve security at Reynisfjara and Kirkjufjara beaches in South Iceland. A tourist died there on Monday, the third such death over the space of a few years.
10 Jan 2017The woman who died at Dyrhólaey next to Reynisfjara beach yesterday had gone with her husband, her son, in his twenties and a fourteen year old daughter down to Kirkjufara beach. A large wave knocked her son over and then knocked the woman over and got pulled out with the current.
10 Jan 2017The Environment Agency of Iceland will be closing Kirkjufjara beach at Dyrhólaey due to strong ocean currents and rockfall. A German tourist perished there yesterday and was was found east of Dyrhólaey.
9 Jan 2017The woman who fell into the ocean at Kirkjufjara, a part of the Reynisfjara beach close to Dyrhólaey died in today's tragedy according to a statement from the South Iceland police department.
9 Jan 2017An update on our previous story: the woman who was rescued from the ocean earlier is a German tourist who fell into the ocean along with her husband and teenage children. The woman's condition has not been disclosed but the rest of the family is unharmed.
