A true festival atmosphere will sweep across Iceland this weekend, with music, entertainment, and community celebrations taking place around the country.

The Kerlingarfjöll Ultra will take place tomorrow, marking the third edition of the race. A total of 400 runners will compete in three distances: 12, 22, and 60 kilometers.

An earthquake swarm began shortly after 5 a.m. this morning on the Reykjanes Ridge, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) southwest of Eldey.

Residents of Reykjavík, along with representatives from the retail and service sectors, have been invited to a public meeting to discuss safety and security in the city.

The haze that settled over the Reykjavík capital area on Friday evening was most likely smoke from the ongoing wildfires in Canada, according to meteorologist Einar Sveinbjörnsson of Blika.

A lost American sparrow brings birders to Miðdalur and raises questions about what makes a bird truly wild.

Broken telephones, computer keyboards and answering machines hang from the ceiling above the main stage. Unspooled cassette tapes and old CDs decorate the walls of the smaller stage, and don’t even get me started on the gallery space, which could b...