“A new chapter in Iceland’s bathing experience has begun,” says Jóhanna Hreiðarsdóttir, managing director of Reykjaböðin, a new geothermal bathing lagoon at the foot of Reykjadalur in Hveragerði, which opened last Saturday.

Harvesting is now beginning on farms in South Iceland following a lush and favorable summer. At Böðmóðsstaðir in Laugardalur, Bláskógabyggð, Styrmir Snær Jónsson has 3.5 hectares devoted to carrot cultivation and expects to harvest aroun...

Hellisheiði will be closed to eastbound traffic for six hours tomorrow, Tuesday, September 8, due to road resurfacing work.

Strong northerly winds are forecast in the southeast of the country today, with gusts of around 30 m/s, particularly from Öræfi eastwards to Höfn.

Between 2020 and 2025, there were 525 cases in which inmates were found to have used drugs at Litla-Hraun prison, with a further 57 such cases reported at Hólmsheiði prison.

On September 7, 2026, at 22:00, Northern Lights were clearly visible from the heart of Reykjavík. The Icelandic Meteorological Service Aurora Forecast states the current likelihood is four on a scale of 0 to 9. Tomorrow night promises a higher likel...

“Gird up now thy loins like a man,” said God to Job. Of all the Biblical phrases, few are as mysterious and bewitching, and above all, fun to say. What meaning does “loin” hold? If you gird them for more than four hours, should you consult a ...

You know the rules. Name that sheep. Tell us the name of this specific sheep. Email us at sheep@grapevine.is. If you get the right name, and you’re in Iceland, you win a hot dog, made in part with sheep. One guess per email address please. Not in I...

“That autumn there came an agitation and a plague brought on by an evil spirit or a ghost… it seemed to rush down into their throats, so that they were seized by violent belching and a great swelling… It afflicted those women who were still vir...

Weeks of dark omens. The sky went dark and day turned to night. Horses were observed walking on their hind legs. Dark-clad men, unknown persons all, were heard speaking in the long-dead Ostrogothic tongue. At the Grapevine building, our in-house econ...