29 Aug 2020The annual Viðey swim, from Skarfaklettur, Reykjavík, to Viðey island, was canceled this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that did not stop 15-year-old Þula Gló Johnsdóttir from doing what she had been practicing for all summer.
19 Aug 2020Not many Icelanders have been able to travel abroad this summer, but yesterday, it was easy for us, the residents of Reykjavík, to imagine a flying carpet had suddenly transported us to a different country.
11 Sep 2019A group of six Icelandic female swimmers who call themselves Marglytturnar, meaning “the Jellyfish,” completed a relay swim across the English Channel last night.
9 Sep 2019A group of Icelandic female swimmers, who call themselves Marglytturnar, meaning “the Jellyfish,” are hoping to be able to start their relay swim across the English Channel tonight.
12 Apr 2017A group of people gathered this week to see Haukur Bergsteinsson swim to shore to celebrate his 1500th swim at Nauthólsvík beach in Reykjavik. Bergsteinsson turns 81 this year and swears by cold ocean swims for good health.
