German couple Ursula and Markus Jäger have attracted attention in Iceland for their knitted clothing and bags featuring the iconic Bónus pig.

Colas plans to carry out asphalt repairs on the South Iceland Road (Suðurlandsvegur) between Selfoss and Hveragerði tomorrow, Thursday, weather permitting.

The Icelandic Meteorological Office has updated its weather warnings for today, adding South Iceland and Breiðafjörður to the regions under orange weather warnings.

"This looks pretty bad. This is a serious low-pressure system, deep and intense, with just about everything thrown in," says Þorsteinn V. Jónsson, a meteorologist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, referring to the storm expected to...

The Environmental and Natural Resources Appeals Board has now twice overturned a decision by the Housing and Construction Authority (HMS) to deny owners of coastal properties in Seyðisfjörður the right to participate in administrative proceedin...

A wrongful raid on a Reykjavík flat shows how the system shields police from scrutiny, just as the minister of justice proposes letting them tap phones before a judge has said yes.

Pave paradise, and put up a parking lot From Trieste to Tromsø, municipalities around Europe are doing everything they can to make their cities more pedestrian friendly and choosing to prioritise people over cars. But not Reykjavík! Earlier this mo...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev at the Höfði house in Reykjavík. In our current issue, we discussed the movie The Brink Of War, filmed on location. We are also opening the archives to republish Valu...

The Icelandic Meteorological Service has posted warnings for extremely hazardous conditions in the North of Iceland starting October 14, 2026. The warning extends from 6 AM October 14, 2026, to 6 AM October 15, 2026.  As noted in the highly recommen...

As a rule, I follow the guidance that any advertisement is an abject lie. We know for example that the bigger the diamond, the shorter the marriage. So “a diamond is forever” really means “the clock is ticking.” Volkswagen, who announced a la...