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...

Dorrit Moussaieff, businesswoman and former First Lady of Iceland, has never followed conventional paths. She never went through a traditional school system, has never felt much need for routine, and says she does not want to define herself throug...

Five Icelandair flights have been cancelled today, including flights to Frankfurt, Stockholm, Berlin, Portland, and New York.

Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Daði Már Kristófersson says the Central Bank’s decision to raise interest rates did not come as a surprise, although it was not what the government had hoped to see.

The organization founded by environmental activist and sea captain Paul Watson plans to return to Iceland this summer to protest the whaling operations of Kristján Loftsson and his company, Hvalur hf.

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...