Sævar Sævarsson, assistant managing director of Blue Car Rental, says he has noticed considerable concern among customers following reports of the looming strike by Icelandair aircraft mechanics.

A proposal will be submitted to Reykjavík City Council’s Executive Committee tomorrow to revoke land allocations to the Muslim Association of Iceland and the Russian Orthodox Church.

Sky Lagoon tops the rankings both for Google search interest and for visibility in AI-generated responses.

No negotiating meeting has been called in the wage dispute between aircraft mechanics and Icelandair, according to State Mediator Ástráður Haraldsson, who says the dispute centres on wages and how large a pay increase the aircraft mechanics sho...

An earthquake swarm began on the Reykjanes Ridge at around 9 p.m. yesterday, approximately 50 km southwest of Eldey.

In 1995 I was turning 17 and had plans to attend Þjóðhátíð í Eyjum – a notoriously boozy outdoor festival in Vestmannaeyjar – with two of my friends. Plans which my mother disapproved of. However, at the time, people turned legally compete...

Reykjavík locals love to complain about how tourism has taken over downtown, with puffin shops replacing stores of actual utility, but the truth is, it isn’t all bad. The tourism industry has brought us a thriving restaurant scene, and some of the...

The Reykjavík Grapevine's Iceland Roundup brings you the top news with a healthy dash of local views. In this episode, Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson is joined by Heimildin editor Aðalsteinn Kjartansson, and Grapevine friend and cont...

Driving through a deliberately out-of-focus countryside, an old man in a wool sweater tells his adult son that “you don’t know what you got until it’s gone.” The implication being that the son, who is pondering voting for EU talks, would regr...

Produced and recorded entirely from the bedroom, Una Mist released her debut album KUÐUNGUR on September 1. Glitchy electronics, introspective lyrics and a DIY attitude. More and more young artists mix and produce on their laptop at home, instead of...