Then you’ll fly back into the wind, an Icelander now. You’ll walk up to the first coffee counter in Keflavík and say góðan ...

As we noted in last issue’s feature, Vesturbær was Iceland’s first planned suburb, complete with a pool and a market with ...

We’ve got a list of our favourite 80 Icelandic releases of 2026 so far, and we’re doing our best to write them up. We’ll get ...

English words regularly make inroads into the Icelandic language, loan words like “basically” and even unwieldy (but useful) ...

Activities Reykjavík is one of the smallest capital cities in Europe, if not the whole world. Yet there is a lot to do and ...

A short ferry ride from Reykjavík carries you across a stretch of water to an island that feels surprisingly distant from the ...

Magnús Þór Jónsson, the poet and singer who went by the name Megas, died July 6, 2026, at 81 years old. Megas has an ...

Einar Stef, Hugleikur Dagsson, and The Reykjavík Grapevine combine forces to provide cultural tourism with the Icebreaker App ...

I have a large number of friends who like KALEO. The band specialises in what we term Dad Rock, and I am a dad in Iceland.

During the recent municipal elections, we noticed that some of the great local civic accomplishments weren’t celebrated — or ...

Concerts are advertised beneath the midnight sun, communities organise midsummer gatherings, solstice events are promoted and ...

From 3 to 5 July, Hátíðni arts festival returns to the “biggest tiny town” Borðeyri for their annual celebration of ...