The orca that stranded earlier this week in Grafarvogur has been euthanised, reports RÚV. After swimming back out to sea on Wednesday, it stranded again today at Kjalarnes. According to MAST’s Chief ...

An old Douglas Dakota aircraft, purchased this March by the landowners of Sólheimasandur from the Icelandic DC-3 Friends Association, was transported last night from Keflavík Airport to rural South ...

Before we left our stinky turfhouses (some as late as the 1960s), winters were a time of quiet consolation when us farmers and fishermen stayed indoors. Ideally, everyone had worked their asses off ...

To accompany our attempt to capture the sometimes harsh, sometimes magical vibes of Icelandic summer, we’ve compiled the following playlist in collaboration with Iceland Music. It combines classic ...

Well, it wasn’t Sigur Rós. There were some international acts, such as AXMO and the Australian DJ Timmy Trumpet, but the bulk of the entertainment, which lasted from 17:00 on Saturday to just after ...

Making the rounds every so often is a list of 37 Icelandic terms for different levels of drunk you can be. There’s góðglaður (a good-happy level of drunk), hestfær (horse able, meaning you can still ...

Issue 7, 2025 of The Reykjavík Grapevine. In this issue we discuss the Icelandic summer, the songs that go with the Icelandic summer, we tel you about Petra’s collection of stones, discuss the word ...

The Icelandic you learn in language courses is one thing, but once you hit the streets, join a dating app, or eavesdrop at a local pool, reality hits — Icelandic might be an old and unique language, ...

“It’s not always as glamorous as people might think,” says Helgi Seljan as I meet him at the spacious RÚV headquarters. Having started as a deckhand in his hometown of Reyðarfjörður, Helgi has grown ...

Former president of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has joined a group of 30 summer employees at Þingvellir, RÚV reports. Guðni occupies the position of ranger and claims that his experience as ...

The story of the Samherji case is not only the largest bribery scandal in Icelandic history, but also a global tale of corporate malfeasance, political corruption, journalistic tenacity, and artistic ...

On a bright and sunny Friday afternoon, I find myself inside one of the exhibition rooms of the National Gallery of Iceland. The familiar space, usually lined with artworks on the walls, has now been ...