Last night, the police in the capital area received a report about a woman assaulting a pizza delivery driver in Reykjavík, reports Vísir. According to the police, the woman had stolen the delivery ...

Temperatures near Egilsstaðir reached 24.2°C yesterday, making it one of the hottest May days on record, reports RÚV. A meteorologist from the Icelandic Met Office notes this is among the highest ...

In a world where watching TV without looking at your phone equals reading a book, actually reading a book is quite precious. Reykjavík has lots of cosy coffee shops you can snuggle up in, but how to ...

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has announced its third phase of Íslandsbanki’s share sale. The public is given priority in buying shares. On Thursday, May 8, Alþingi agreed on the sale ...

One Thursday afternoon, I find myself balancing on a slippery rock somewhere on the outskirts of Reykjavík. One wrong move and, if it wasn’t for a safety harness, I’d be tumbling down this cliff, ...

In the evening of May 13, a dead body was discovered between the islands Engey and Viðey just outside Reykjavík, RÚV reports. Deputy Capital Area Police Chief Ásgeir Þór Ásgeirsson confirmed the find ...

Staff at Landspítali Hospital are missing the once-available biscuits in their break rooms, reports RÚV. Employees have voiced their dissatisfaction, including a nurse from the emergency department ...

Our new issue is hot off the press, and we might have celebrated a little too hard last night. Not naming names, but some of us can barely talk — so we’re snoozing until Monday. With the last bit of ...

Around 240 earthquakes have been recorded near Grímsey since early this morning, the largest measuring 4.7 in magnitude, reports RÚV. Halla Ingólfsdóttir, a resident of Grímsey, says she was woken by ...

Few names have been as instrumental to the electronica scene of Reykjavík as Pan Thorarensen. Though starting as a teenager in hip-hop, his multi-decade project Stereo Hypnosis (founded with his ...

Gísli Már Gíslason, a former biology professor, believes that mosquitoes found in Scandinavia and the British Isles could easily survive in Iceland. They just haven’t arrived yet, reports Vísir. He ...

The Icelandic Naming Committee has published twelve new rulings on names, reports Vísir. This time, the committee approved ten new names and rejected two. Approved female names include Beth, Einsa, ...