80 Years Worth of Prime Ministers EditorialMany have governed Iceland as Prime Minister since the country gained independence from Denmark eighty years ago. The...
Insight into the World of Icelandic Art EditorialThe Republic of Iceland turned 80 years old this year. The National Gallery of Iceland, however, is 140...
Swan Song in Reykjavik Center EditorialThe Icelandic government has fallen. Consequently, there will be parliamentary elections on November 30th, in six weeks. During...
The Photogenic South Iceland EditorialWhat makes salmon fishing so exciting is that you never know if you’ll catch the big one. The...
Fjadrárgljúfur—Purchased for Protection EditorialOn November 2, 2015, Canadian musician Justin Bieber premiered the music video for his song “I’ll Show You,”...
Thingvellir in Autumn (II) EditorialThingvellir is Iceland’s first national park, established in 1928, 96 years ago. At that time, about 5,000 tourists...
An Autumn Symphony EditorialColors, beauty, night frost, and light. The last bright days before the darkness of winter descends and takes...
Eastern Sorceries EditorialRask is the title of the exhibition by photographer Agnieszka Sosnowska and poet Ingunn Snædal, where these eastern...
Street Scenes from Reykjavík EditorialWhen you’re raised in, live, and work in the capital, do you stop seeing and noticing your immediate...
Four Corners EditorialIceland is almost a rectangle. The island in the North Atlantic, between Greenland and Scotland, spanning 100,000 square...
Nothing & 400 m³/s EditorialNo municipality in Iceland has grown faster this century than Árborg. The residents of Selfoss, Eyrarbakki, and Stokkseyri,...
Hreinn, Bær, Dalir County & Amsterdam EditorialHreinn Fridfinnsson was born at Bær in Dalasýsla county in 1943 and passed away earlier this year in...
Small Town – Big Coffers EditorialSeltjarnarnes is the smallest municipality in Iceland, covering just two square kilometres. Yet, it is the twelfth most...
East Iceland—A World of Its Own EditorialIt’s about 600 km (370 mi) from Sandvíkurheidi, between Bakkafjördur and Vopnafjördur in the north, to Lómagnúpur in...
The Greater Djúpivogur Area EditorialFew places in the country are as beset by fog as Djúpivogur. Few settlements are as picturesque as...
The Eternal Battle EditorialIn all probability, very few tourists travelling around Iceland make it to Strandasýsla in the north. That is...
Four Hundred Thousand EditorialOn the fifteenth of February 2024, Iceland reached a milestone; the population of the republic reached 400 thousand,...
A River Becomes a Torrent EditorialAt the beginning of the last century, electrification began in Iceland. The first hydroelectric power station was built...
A Young Land EditorialA young land, with an old relative to the west Iceland is only 16 million years old. The...
A Brightly Coloured Selfoss EditorialThe increase in population in the municipality of Árborg is unique on a national scale in Iceland. The...
