School administrators and other managers within Reykjavík City have been sent guidelines from the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police on how to respond to bomb threats. An email sent to them states that some of the city's institutio...

Meta is refusing to allow advertisements on Facebook for a new book by former Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. The book, titled Vegferð um veröldina (A Journey Around the World), covers a period in Ólafur Ragnar's life, includi...

The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration will repair the hole that formed in the rockfall barrier at Holtsnúpur beneath Eyjafjöll following a rockslide shortly before noon yesterday.

"If the government intends to introduce a nature and infrastructure fee, it is clear that for such a fee to be lawful, it must be non-discriminatory. Consequently, everyone would have to pay it, including Icelanders," says Haraldur Þór J...

Spent nearly 24 hours at Keflavík Airport but denied right to compensation Reykjavík District Court has dismissed a claim against the Icelandic state by an Albanian national seeking recognition of his right to compensation following a decision t...

The Reykjavík Grapevine presents our daily, comprehensive coverage of 2025 Iceland Airwaves. This year, we are pleased to introduce a number of new writers joining us as we try to document and explain what makes this specific festival so unique. The...

Entering the Sky Lagoon feels like arriving at a dark pool party – guests are drinking, chatting and sharing their first Airwaves experience as well as sharing some random facts about Iceland. I even catch someone looking up the festival schedule w...

The annual Search and Rescue Team fundraiser, the selling of neyðarkall, is underway. Sold in the form of a keychain or a small statue, neyðarkall (emergency call) is a symbol of local pride.  Lasting four days, this is a non-firework based way th...

Once upon a time, guns didn’t exist. If you wanted to fell your opponent from a distance you had to use some other time-honoured tool to do the job. Rock throwing, bow shooting, and spear hurling were all popular options for any ancient warrior who...

It’s official, Reykjavík’s best pizza isn’t in Reykjavík, but in the town that was sunk by a wave pool.