Living Earth: Outline of the Geology of Iceland
By Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, Halldór Kjartansson
A reader´s journey through the geological history of Iceland....
Lunch Lecture in English
MELCKMEYT 1659
Underwater Archaeological Survey
At Reykjavík Maritime Museum Thursday 11 October at 12:10
Free admission
Marine ar...
In the photo at In photo, Eldfjell towers over the houses of the town of Vestmannaeyjar. Although volcanic ash had covered part of the town by February 17, 197...
Iceland vs.The Volcano
Icelandic Times visits Reykjavik´s Volcano House
With its intriguing round facade, floor to ceiling windows and bright yellow signa...
Commerce between Iceland and Russia – Continuous trade since 1953
Icelanders expanded their fisheries jurisdiction from three miles to four on 15 May 1952. As ...
The Highlands of Iceland
Photo by Friðþjófur Helgason
Nothing in Iceland prepares you for the stark, desolate, raw beauty of the barren upland plateau called...
Art souvenir – Bertel Thorvaldsen
BY Margrethe Floryan
Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) is one of Denmark’s best-known artists. The son of a carver from Icela...
The Haunting of Reykjavík
By Steinar Bragi
When the people of Iceland moved to the city they didn’t leave their ghosts behind, nor their need to keep them in ...
The surplice of bishop Jón Arason (1524—1550) of Hólar in Hjaltadalur is among the most celebrated art treasures in the National Museum of Iceland, being the on...
In the presidential residence church at Bessastaðir on the Alftanes Peninsula near Reykjavik there is a glass-mosaic window, showing the incident during the voy...
Kristín Jónsdóttir, also Kristín Jónsdóttir Stefánsson, (1888–1959) was a pioneering female Icelandic painter. A member of the group of artists who associated w...
Skólavörðustígur is The Art, Cafts and gourmet Street of Reykjavík, Iceland. Here you can find handmade Icelandic desing chlothing, jewelrys, arts, cafes, res...
Djupivogur in east Iceland very close to Hamarfjörður
The oldest relics discovered so far in Iceland are some Roman bronze coins, forged in the years 270-30...
The Commonwealth farm in Þjórsárdalur is one of Iceland's best kept secrets. The farmhouse, built on the site of one of the manor farms of the Age of Settlement...
Emilie Dalum
Emilie
18.08.-29.10 2018
“Undergoing chemo therapy can be equated with a boxer being knocked out over and over again. Lying on the floor, dizzy ...
ICELANDIC FISHING INDUSTRY IN NUMBERS
The Fishing industry is one of the key industries in Iceland,and directly employs around 7,500 people, or approx. 3.9% ...
Réttir – The Yearly Sheep Round-Up!
In September the majority of farmers across the country will be herding their sheep from the plateaus of Iceland, which hav...
THE CINEMA OF VOLCANOES, ICE AND THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
Photo: Ragnar Th
Volcanic eruptions, ice and the Northern Lights are symbolic of Iceland – and ...
