A man involved in what is thought to be Iceland’s first bank robbery walked into a police station and confessed to the crime, police report in a Facebook post. The robbery took place early in 1975 and ...

Icelandic weekly Heimildin used the phrase “tourism fatigue” in a recent article focusing on the small town of Vík, where fewer than 700 inhabitants receive more than 5,000 tourists each day during ...

The septic tank in Vík í Mýrdal can no longer handle the sheer number of tourists, sometimes resulting in a bad smell in the town, reports Vísir. In addition, the local residents occasionally have to ...

Foreign nationals in Icelandic have grown by 160% since 2010, RÚV reports, and now comprise some 15% of the total… ...

The Borealis Data Center is a nondescript building next to a horse farm on the outskirts of Blönduós, a town of 800 inhabitants in the north of Iceland. Entering the building, after you make it past ...

At the southern tip of Lagarfljöt lies Fljótsdalur, a scenic river valley carved out by meltwater from the northern edge of Vatnajökull. It’s a wild and storied place, with a glacier research centre, ...

Icelanders love bakeries in a distinctly Icelandic fashion: from picking up kleinur at gas stations, crowding a mural-covered storefront for kanilsnúður (cinnamon bun), or laying out 10 kinds of ...

A Play aircraft was turned back for landing shortly after takeoff from Poland yesterday, after the plane got caught in a hailstorm that caused significant damage, reports RÚV. According to Play’s ...

The project is described as very extensive by Icelandic standards. The new road section is about 19 kilometres long, in addition to nine kilometres of side roads and four two-lane bridges. These ...

The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration (Vegagerðin) has requested that Akureyri’s town planning committee remove the heart-shaped traffic lights that have been a hallmark of the town for years, ...

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Icelandic companies are being required to comply with U.S. laws that prohibit implementing policies promoting diversity, equity, or inclusion (DEI), reports RÚV. However, Icelandic law mandates that ...