Population of Iceland
Population of Iceland
According to Statistics Iceland, 376,248 individuals live in Iceland in May 2022. At the end of 2021, the total number of livestock was...
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The fish in the sea
The fish in the sea
Iceland is one of the largest fishing nations in the world. In this fishing season, which begins on 1 September each year, the Directorat...
100-year-old Fákur
100-year-old Fákur
The equestrian club Fákur in Reykjavík, the country's most populous and largest club, is celebrating its hundredth anniversary this year. ...
Photos of the Year
Photos of the year
The annual exhibition of The Icelandic Press Photography Association
is now in the Reykjavík Museum of Photography, and the exhibition wi...
Green energy
Green energy
Iceland is very rich in renewable energy resources. The enormous creation of knowledge in green energy has made us unique in the w...
Stockfish to Africa
Stockfish to Africa
From the settlement until the last century, stockfish / dried fish products were the main export product of Icelanders. Mos...
Öskjuhlíð
Öskjuhlíð
Öskjuhlíð is a unique outdoor recreation area near Reykjavík city centre. Öskjuhlíð, which rises 61 meters above the surroundings, is probably the ...
Winter paradise
Winter paradise
Where should you go during the high winters in Iceland to experience heavy snow, darkness, the northern lights, cold and cultur...
In & out
In & out
Few countries are as dependent on imports and exports as Iceland. At the end of last year, figures came in for imports and exports...
A BOY FROM BÍLDUDALUR BECOMES GREENLAND’S TOURIST CHIEF
Hjörtur Smárason is new the tourist chief of Greenland, where everything is huge. One by one, chains of the past are being broken and Greenlanders are on the pa...
Governor Ásgeir Jónsson’s Revolt
Iceland’s Central Bank has never been better equipped to ensure stability to serve the people, claims Governor Ásgeir Jónsson. With the merger of The Bank and F...
0.005% OF THE WORLD
0.005% OF THE WORLD
At the end of September, there were 374,830 Icelanders, increasing 3,250 in the third quarter. There were 1,310 births, 580 deaths, and 2...
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...
Djúpivogur is a hot spot
Djúpivogur is a hot spot
According to official measurements, temperatures have only been measured six times above 30 ° C / 86 ° F in Iceland. The highest tem...
Westernmost part of Europe
Westernmost part of Europe
Patreksfjörður in the Westfjords is the westernmost town in Europe. From Reykjavík it's 400 km / 240 mi to Patreksfjörður. About 2...
Welcome to Vopnafjörður
Welcome to Vopnafjörður
Vopnafjörður is between Bakkafjörður and Héraðsflói in East Iceland, and in the village and the surrounding area in the fjord live ab...
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...
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...
