Goddess & Bloke
Goddess & Bloke
Pomona was an ancient goddess in Roman mythology. In Einarsgarður, west of Landspítalinn, it stands erect in the sculpture ...
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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...
Sæmundur’s story
Sæmundur's story
In front of the main building of the University of Iceland stands the work Sæmundur on the Seal. This sculpture was originally...
Inn & út
Inn & út
Það eru fá lönd sem eru eins háð inn- og útflutningi eins og Ísland. Í lok síðasta árs komu tö...
Frosty white Hvítá River
Frosty white Hvítá River
Hvítá is the tenth longest river in Iceland, and its source is at Eiríksjökull and Langjökull, in many rivers that the...
The Drumming Beat of Play Excites Icelanders
The response reflects a strong belief, with four thousand stock-holders ensuring cash on hand for operations over the next five years. By then Play will have 5...
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Icelandic Times, sends everyone heartfelt New Year's greetings. HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Looking from Reykjavíkurtjörn over to Fríkirkjuvegi...
Christmas Time
Christmas Time
Christmas in Iceland, starts exactly at six a´clock (18:00) on December 24th. Icelandic Times, s...
Icelandic Times – Issue 45
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Changes are taking place in the North! To help you experience them, a new airline, Play, has launch...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...