Per Vedur.is, the Ring Road is closed at two locations in southern Iceland today. The location of the current closures is between Vík and Markarfljót and between Fagurhólsmýri and Freysnes.

An AI-generated video showing a teacher and student kissing was distributed among students in Víðistaðaskóli primary school, RÚV reports. In conversation with RÚV, principal Dagný Kristinsdóttir ...

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 ...

Reykjavík is no stranger to Jelena Ćirić’s voice; she’s been nominated at the Kraumur Music Awards and Icelandic Music Awards, and won Icelandic Folk Album of the Year at the latter in 2021. Now, ...

“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 ...

Rob Brown and Sean Booth have just a few hours before they perform in Warsaw, Poland, and their tour manager, Mark, gives me a heads-up that “30 minutes” is what he has in mind for this interview. “Or ...

A foreign tourist died this afternoon in North West Iceland, reports RÚV. The incident occurred in Vestari-Jökulsá in Skagafjörður when a foreign tourist fell into the river. The North West Iceland ...

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 ...

Welcome to The Haul, where we give you a peek into our shopping bag (or the shopping bag of someone far more interesting than us) and an idea of what’s worth browsing and buying in Reykjavík these ...

The largest rumble was measured at 3.4, which triggered about 30 aftershocks. According to information from natural hazard specialist Jarþrúður Ósk Jóhannsdóttir, the quakes were located between ...

Iceland’s Minister of Education and Children’s Affairs, Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir, resigned earlier this year amidst a scandal that made headlines here in Iceland and notably around the entire world.

The Reykjavík Grapevine’s Iceland Roundup brings you the top news with a healthy dash of local views. In this episode, Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson is joined by Heimildin journalist ...