Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, better known as “The Mountain,” won the deadlift competition at the Strongman Games.

Icelandair says the recent cancellations of several flights can be traced to what it describes as “coordinated actions” by pilots, who have suddenly stopped selling their days off back to the company, a practice that has long existed and forms...

A man in his forties has been placed in four-day pretrial detention by the Reykjanes District Court, according to a statement from the Capital Area Police.

The chairman of the Icelandic Airline Pilots Association (FÍA) says all Icelandair pilots are fulfilling their scheduled duties and standby shifts, and that repeated staffing problems affecting the airline in recent days stem primarily from Icela...

Around 150 earthquakes have been recorded 8–10 kilometers southwest of Reykjanestá since a seismic swarm began shortly after 9 p.m. last night, according to Bjarki Kaldalóns Friis, natural hazard specialist at the Icelandic Meteorological Offi...

As a follow-up to our current issue feature on whaling, Micah Garen interviewed Canadian activist Paul Watson. Famous for his work with activist group Sea Shepherd, Paul is credited with sinking two whaling boats in Iceland in 1986, though he has so ...

There is a moment in the 2009 cult classic Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre when a tourist, swimming away from a scene of carnage, is harpooned by an angry  whaler. It seems Iceland is about to relive that moment en masse.  After two years without...

It’s 10:00 on a Sunday morning in Reykjavík and 20:00 in Sydney when director Baltasar Kormákur joins my video call. Last time we spoke, almost two years ago, Baltasar told me he received a book as a gift that had absolutely captivated him and he...

There’s something urgent about the short-lived Icelandic summer. The moment rare sun rays kiss your skin, you feel compelled to squeeze as much out of it as possible — racing to have fun, trying to feel alive. When the temperature hits a balmy 10...

Of course, the sun was out and Reykjavík felt alive and amazing all week — but just as we’ve printed our new issue (out on the streets now) and are ready to exhale into the weekend, hoping to sit in Klambratún or have a drink outside like every...