Pens, Boats, Sewing Machines, Paintings & Photographs EditorialDuus Museum Houses is the arts and culture center of Reykjanesbær. These old trading and fish-processing buildings, located...
Oh Grindavík EditorialGrindavík has now been reopened to general traffic. The town was evacuated exactly one year ago, on November...
Pétur The Settler EditorialIt was the settler Ásbjörn Özurarson, nephew of Iceland’s first settler Ingólfur Arnarson, who claimed the Greater Hafnarfjördur...
The Silence of the Lamb Chops: Iceland’s Palate Moves On EditorialLamb meat and wool have sustained us Icelanders for nearly twelve centuries. However, significant changes have taken place...
Original Creations, Strong Emotions, and Stories Close to Home EditorialThe National Theatre of Iceland is heading into a milestone year, as it celebrates its 75th anniversary in...
“The Theatre is the Home of Humanity” EditorialThe Reykjavík City Theatre is home to the Reykjavík Theatre Company, one of the country’s oldest cultural associations,...
Autumn & Autumn Colours EditorialOctober was cold throughout the country, as indeed was the entire year. The average temperature in Reykjavik was...
Halloween in Reykjavík EditorialEverything comes full circle. Halloween has become quite popular in Iceland. Children and adults dress up in costumes,...
Four Thousand Tourists EditorialLooking up numbers from Statistics Iceland and examining them is actually quite fun as they reveal so much....
101 Lækjargata EditorialIn 1839, a citizen’s meeting in Reykjavík approved the construction of a road running south from Austurstræti towards...
220 Lækjargata EditorialWhen Hafnarfjördur received its municipal rights in 1908, the town practically an unplanned cluster of houses with few...
Contemporary Art at the Historic Marshall House EditorialThe Marshall House, located in Örfirisey in the Grandi area, by the western side of Reykjavík Harbor, is...
Snapshots from Snæfellsnes EditorialIt only takes two hours to drive west from Reykjavík to Snæfellsnes, where an entirely different world awaits....
A Man of Many Hats EditorialHallgrímur Helgason (1959) is not only an outstanding author and poet but also one of our strongest visual...
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...
