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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000Hotels fully booked as eclipse visitors flock to Reykjanes
The Reykjanes Peninsula is one of the locations in western Iceland where Wednesday afternoon's total solar eclipse will be visible. Tourists have long since made plans to witness the historic event in Southwest Iceland.
Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000Challenging rescue operation at Háifoss overnight
All rescue teams in the Árnessýsla region were called out last night after a tourist injured his leg near Háifoss. The man was hiking alone and was injured in the gorge below the waterfall, where there is no mobile phone coverage.
Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:12:00 +0000Neighbor heard screams and calls for help
A resident living near Vallargerði in Kópavogur says he was sunbathing in his garden when he saw two men dressed entirely in black enter the house at Vallargerði 35, where a man later died yesterday. Police believe the death resulted from a cri...
Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:14:00 +0000More than one in custody in homicide case
More than one person is in police custody following the death of a man on a residential street in Kársnes today. Police believe the death was the result of a criminal act. Police operations in the Gnoðarvogur area earlier this evening are connec...
Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000They fell in love with the poetry
Married couple Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir and Garðar Borgþórsson formed the musical duo ÞAU a few years ago and have spent the past several summers touring Iceland with their concerts.
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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:43:18 +0000Having fun with your friends… during a solar eclipse, in front of 7,000 people
Some of the best international and local electronic artists will be playing, including Björk herself. “I feel like there are very few people in history who are this stressed about the upcoming eclipse,” Ronja says and everyone laughs. She is ref...
Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000Welcome To An Infrastructure Stress Test
This issue features a Björk interview. Normally, that would put Björk on our cover. Every time she has been so kind as to grant us an interview, which is more often than you’d think (thanks Björk!) we’ve put her on the cover. But this time aro...
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000Pride Leaders Stay Positive Amid Challenges
For an event designed to celebrate substantial gains of acceptance in the past decade, the organisers of Reykjavík Pride remain positive while making final preparations for the event. This remains even in the face of recent backlash, most recently i...
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000Professionally DIY
“The Akureyri music scene has completely shaped my personality,” Artistic Director of Mannfólkið Breytist Í Slím (MBS) Aldís Dagmar Erlingsdóttir tells me right before the festival starts. We are sitting down with some of the organisers of ...
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:50:55 +0000Hot Explosive Diarrhea Summer Vacation
Welcome to Iceland at a time of extreme international interest. While this issue is on the streets, this nation will be all over movie theatres, serving as Hell during Elliot Page’s excellent rants at Odysseus. We’ll also be, I assume, in travel ...