On November 21, her 60th birthday, Icelandic artist Björk publicly issued a lawsuit against the Icelandic state regarding sea-based fish farming in Iceland. The lawsuit is one of the four cases ...

To enter Harpa during the Arctic Circle is to live in a temporary hallucination. For four remarkable days, brilliant, or at least above average, minds gathered to address the great crisis of our age, ...

Keeping cats and dogs in an apartment building is no longer conditioned by neighbouring residents’ consent, after Alþingi passed a change to the law on multidwelling units. Until now, apartment ...

Bird has closed its doors for the last time, the bar and event venue announced on their social media on November 10. Located on the corner of Tryggvagata and Naustin, Bird was opened in early 2024, ...

National Police Commissioner Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir has resigned, various media outlets report. According to a press statement announced by the Icelandic government, Minister of Judicial Affairs ...

Iceland is number one in so many categories. A Nordic social democratic state with a rather happy population, almost a good welfare system and almost no unemployment, a popular overpriced tourist ...

Sitting calmly in a nondescript room on the upper floor of downtown Reykjavík’s legendary Iðnó venue, Björk describes herself as a gentle gardener. It’s autumn 2011, and I am talking to her about ...

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 ...

On November 4, airline company Icelandair laid off 38 employees, Vísir reports. The majority were employed at the company’s office, Vísir’s sources claim. Despite its competitor Fly Play announcing ...