A strong windstorm passing over Iceland will affect Icelandair’s flight schedule in the afternoon of January 31, reports Vísir. Flights to Europe are scheduled for Friday morning, but disruptions are ...

Residents are being warned about the dangers of heavy snow overhangs and icicles hanging from rooftops, which pose a serious risk to pedestrians and parked vehicles. With a sudden shift in weather ...

Among 37 European countries, Iceland and Sweden were the top funders of public preschool services in 2021 in proportion to GDP, RÚV reports. According to the EU education network Eurydice, which ...

Icelandic teachers are yet again preparing for a strike. As reported in October, 2024, teachers in eight primary, secondary and pre-schools quit working after unsuccessful negotiations between union ...

The Capital Area Police were on high alert yesterday following a report of a youth carrying a firearm, Vísir reports. The police received a report about an individual handling a handgun in public in ...

The police were alerted to a bat flying in Reykjavík’s 105 district yesterday. Officers arrived at the scene and, after reviewing footage, confirmed it was indeed a bat, according to mbl.is. The ...

Low seismic activity was recorded at Bárðarbunga on Monday morning, leading the National Commissioner of Police to lift the uncertainty phase, reports RÚV. While the seismic activity detected has been ...

The Reykjavík Grapevine’s office has been quite intense today as we’ve had all hands on deck working on our Best of Reykjavík magazine, which hits the streets next week. But stuff is happening around ...

The parents of a girl who fought for her life after an E. coli outbreak at Mánagarður preschool are calling for a police investigation into the incident. Their lawyer argues that it is crucial for ...

Iceland’s national queer association Samtökin ’78 have received a surge of requests from American queer people since Donald Trump was elected president, asking for information on how to relocate to ...

Being idiosyncratic artists with a distinct body of work, Magnús Jóhann and Óskar Guðjónsson share connections that extend beyond the realm of music. Such details were discovered during the year-long ...

We navigate our car out onto the less-trodden Snæfellsnes peninsula in the dim-lit dusk of late November. The frosty twilight paints the mountains in a wash of dusty purple — a beautiful sight that I ...