Going 100 Years Back in Time
Going 100 Years Back in Time
Flatey in Breiðafjörður was, for many centuries, a large farm and one of the leading trading places in Iceland. The En...
Culture
Culture related affairs from the Icelandic Times magazine
Árneshreppur
Árneshreppur
There are 69 municipalities in Iceland. Of course, the most populous is Reykjavík, where a third of the population lives. The smallest populatio...
The energetic river
The energetic river
Þjórsá River is the longest river in the country, 230 km / 140 mi long, with a river basin that is the second largest in Iceland, after J...
Spooky houses
Spooky houses
In the middle of the Cold War, in 1953, the Americans built a military base and radar station on Straumnesfjall, north of Aðalvík in Hornstrand...
Welcome to Bakkafjörður
Welcome to Bakkafjörður
You can not get further from Reykjavík than to Bakkafjörður, between Þistilfjörður and Vopnafjörður. The atmosphere in Bakkafjörður i...
Artful freezing patterns on the lake
Artful freezing patterns on the lake
It is only 14 km / 9 mi from Lækjartorg Square in the heart of Reykjavík and to Hafravatn, a small lake up from Úlfarsár...
A beautiful day
A beautiful day
Iceland became a sovereign nation on December 1, 1918. The Danes recognised that we were a free state, but they would take care of foreign af...
Faroe Islands – A Hidden Gem in the North Atlantic Ocean
The Faroe Islands are a cluster of 18 mountainous islands in the North-Atlantic Ocean. An autonomous territory of Denmark, the small country lies halfway betwee...
A Special Relationship
Iceland and the Faroe Islands share strong cultural and business interests
The Faroe Islands and Iceland have enjoyed a close relationship for decades. “It goe...
Seventy-year-old tradition
Seventy-year-old tradition
Norwegians have been giving Icelanders a Christmas tree every year since 1951, or for seventy years. As it is always called, the O...
Klifbrekkufossar in Mjóifjörður
Klifbrekkufossar in Mjóifjörður
The Klifbrekkufossar waterfalls at the bottom of Mjóifjörður in the Eastfjords are some of the most beautiful waterfalls in I...
Kjaransbraut, the most beautiful road in Iceland?
Kjaransbraut, the most beautiful road in Iceland?
There is no road in Iceland as rugged as Kjaransbraut. The 50 km / 30 mi long road lies between Þingeyri in...
A shallow pool in the deep
A shallow pool in the deep
Hörgshlíðarlaug Pool in the eastern part of Mjóifjörður in Ísafjarðardjúp is a concrete swimming pool that is 6 meters long, 2 met...
Our art museum
Our art museum
The National Gallery of Iceland was founded in Copenhagen in 1884 by Björn Bjarnason, later a member of the Althing. In 1916, the museum was t...
Hafnarþorpið Marketplace
Reykjavík’s New and Updated Kolaport Flea Market
In a large building in downtown Reykjavík, initially built for the Customs Office, you will find Iceland's big...
Gaming in Iceland
The video gaming industry is thriving in Iceland, with numerous companies developing products
The gaming industry has grown by leaps and bounds in Iceland. The...
The Plumber who became the Award-Winning Photographer, Steinipíp
Þorstein Ásgeirsson started travelling the Highlands with the legendary Guðmundur Jónasson at the age of eleven
Award-winning photographer, Þorsteinn Ásgeirsso...
The Icelandic language
The Icelandic language
The Icelandic Language Day is held every year today, 16 November, on the poet and scholar's Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807-1845) birthday. T...
Free from enchantment
Free from enchantment
Einar Jónsson (1874-1954) is one of the artists who, at the beginning of the 20th century, laid the foundation of modern art in this co...
The blue sea
The blue sea
The Reykjavík Maritime Museum opened in June 2005, in the former building of the fish factory BÚR (Bæjarútgerðar Reykjavíkur) in Örfirisey, by R...