Having opened to the public in 1937, Sundhöll Reykjavíkur is Reykjavík’s oldest swimming pool. Like so many of Iceland’s iconic buildings from the first half of the 20th century, it was designed by ...

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 ...

Donald Trump stood before Congress this week and made it official — again. The United States wants to buy Greenland. The first time he floated the idea in 2019, it was easy to dismiss. It sounded like ...

I have loved drawing since I could hold a pencil, then I spent 15 years in formal arts education and thousands of hours of training to do it professionally. I have exhibited work in museums and ...

The Directorate of Health has sent a statement to contacts and principals of health-promoting primary schools, advising against screening the series Adolescence to students, reports Vísir. “Child ...

The Foreign Ministry has published a travel advisory aimed at LGBTQ+ people, encouraging travellers to be mindful of the attitudes found in other countries. Compared to Iceland, views towards queer ...

In 1997, Iceland’s art world was rocked by Stóra málverkafölsunarmálið — the Big Artwork Forgery Case — the discovery of fake paintings, falsely attributed to Icelandic fine art masters like Jóhannes ...

Steikhúsið has made the bold choice of claiming the title of being “the steakhouse” in Iceland. It may have been a reasonable attempt at gaming the Google algorithm, but also makes for pretty big ...

Reykjavík hit a scorching 10°C yesterday, setting a new April record. But today? April snow and hail — because of course! The event schedule this weekend is way more predictable than the weather, and ...

“The government said that they wanted to work for the people and not the big companies,” says Benedikta Guðrún Svavarsdóttir, head of the nonprofit VÁ, which has been fighting to stop open net-pen ...

The chair of the Writers’ Union of Iceland says works by Icelandic authors are among those Meta downloaded from a pirate site to train its AI. The union is now considering the next steps in ...

On April 9, four aircraft were diverted from Keflavík Airport around midnight after the runway landing lights malfunctioned, reports RÚV. One plane, an Icelandair flight from Heathrow Airport in ...