Police successfully directed nearly 2,500 vehicles away from Látrabjarg after yesterday’s total solar eclipse ended, according to the chief superintendent of police in the Westfjords.

An Icelandic Coast Guard helicopter was called out shortly after 5 a.m. today following an accident in Grundarfjörður.

The total solar eclipse will be streamed live here on mbl.is today. A specially equipped camera for filming the spectacle has been positioned near Rauðsdalsfjall by Barðaströnd, where visibility is expected to be among the best in Iceland today...

Excitement over the total solar eclipse and the large number of tourists it is bringing is running high among staff at Snæfellsjökull National Park, who are well prepared to accommodate as many as 10,000 people.

Police in the Westfjords are well prepared to handle the large number of people now flocking to the region to witness the total solar eclipse later today.

My first exposure to Icelandic politics was watching the country’s prime minister bristle and flee a live TV interview when asked about his former partial ownership of an offshore company. Just a day earlier the organisation I had worked for at the...

We’re a fortnight away from a referendum on restarting accession negotiations with the EU. According to the polls, the result will be a coin toss. While much ink has been spilled on the timing of the referendum and the sitting PM’s lack of enthus...

In this episode we sit down with Icelandic musician, drummer, and cultural figure Sigtryggur Baldursson. We discuss Sigtryggur's tenure from 2012 to 2024 leading the Iceland Music export office, during which he lobbied Parliament to establish an inte...

For generations, Vitastígur sported stunning views of Faxaflói bay and Reykjavík’s mountain Esja. But that was then. Now anyone walking the old downtown street is greeted by the most hideous blight in the neighbourhood. A bleak, monstrous, 17-st...

If you choose to brave the roads west and risk the once-in-a-century congestion, you would be well-advised to make the trip about more than the two-minute eclipse. The longest time on offer is the two minutes, 13 seconds at the Látrabjarg promontory...