On November 4, airline company Icelandair laid off 38 employees, Vísir reports. The majority were employed at the company’s office, Vísir’s sources claim. Despite its competitor Fly Play announcing ...

The Capital Area Police have issued a statement urging everyone to seek shelter before 15:00, on Tuesday October 28. An orange weather warning has been announced by the Icelandic Met Office during ...

There are guides and there are guides. Longevity sets us apart and for 20-plus-years we have dined, wined, ordered takeaways and visited spots once, twice, a dozen times in our quest to find the ...

There are guides and there are guides. Longevity sets us apart and for 20-plus-years we have dined, wined, ordered takeaways and visited spots once, twice, a dozen times in our quest to find the ...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of Kvennafrídagurinn, or the Women’s Day Off, where 90% of women in Iceland went on strike to make society acutely aware of how much work — both in the ...

If you didn’t know, the age of digital streaming is soon to be over. Before you know it, the coolest people you can think of will all be collecting physical copies of cultural media. Even CDs are ...

“I worry about the public’s declining trust in politics in general. That was my sense when I first went into politics. One of the first things I did was to travel the country on my own, meet people at ...

A few days ago, I sat in an unnamed restaurant. Around me were all the requisite references to lava moss, turf roof houses and columnar basalt that you’d expect. I was clutching a 17 EUR glass of cork ...

An ancient way of life is having a moment right now. Why? Spend any amount of time in Iceland, and you are going to be reminded of the country’s pagan heritage. Frequently. This may come in overt, ...

Grapevine is hot off the press, and so are these single reviews! Check out musician, and now Grapevine contributor, Sævar Andri Sigurðarson’s reviews of these three songs below.

On Friday, July 18, a group of convicted criminals rallied together to found the Shields of Iceland organisation — a collection of vigilantes who claim they are fed up with the lack of government ...

July 14, 1974 saw the opening of the then-biggest and most expensive man-made structure in the history of Iceland until that time: a 904-metre-long bridge across Skeiðará, a glacial river just east of ...