Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk accepted the respected Polar Music Prize from King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm yesterday. In Sweden the award is known as the “Nobel Pr...
Mayor Jón Gnarr opened the first adventure mini golf course in Iceland on August 17th.
The course, which is in Skemmtigarðurinn Activity Park in Grafarvogur, is called Treasure H...
Legendary artist, musician and peace advocate, YOKO ONO, announced today that she will be holding several events in Reykjavík, Iceland on October 9th to promote peace throughout th...
The Yahoo Travel website has has categorized Nauthólsvík Beach as one of the most bizarre beach in the world
The dates for Jónsi's second and final US 'Go' album tour have been confirmed and tickets are
Mayor of Reykjavík Jón Gnarr led the Gay Pride parade on Saturday wearing a flowery
It is becoming popular for people to include funny job titles when they register their names and numbers on ja.is, the Icelandic online phone book. People have applied to be regist...
Mayor of Reykjavík Jón Gnarr switches his work vehicle to an environmentally-friendly car today.
Valdimar Leifsson and his wife Bryndís Kristjánsdóttir opened the culture venue Cinema no. 2 in early July in the old fishermen’s living quarters Verbúd 2 (the blue houses) by the ...
The Reykjavík Jazz Festival (RJF) will be held August 14-29 for the 21st time this year. The program mainly consists of concerts by artists from the local jazz scene, which is surp...
Global travel guide and digital media publisher, Lonely Planet, has been recommending Iceland as one of its ‘Perfect Trips for 2010’, encouraging travellers to visit the land of th...
The formal Videy island swim took place yesterday and there were three participants, two men and one woman, Thórdís Hrönn Pálsdóttir, who is the first woman to participate in the V...
The President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson will be presenting film director Jim Jarmusch with the 2010 RIFF Honorary Creative Award during this year’s Reykjavik International...
Reykjavík City Library is inviting foreign tourists and other non-Icelandic speakers to participate in literary walks in English around the capital every Thursday in July and Augus...
Locatify Iceland, a new Icelandic software for iPhone and iPod Touch, has hit the market. It enables users to obtain information from a virtual guide on attractions included in the...
The majority coalition in Reykjavík City Council is planning to allocate licenses for two of the five days of salmon fishing in Ellidaár river, to which the city’s employees are en...
The City of Reykjavík has applied to become the UNESCO City of Literature. The application presumes that the city will fortify literature by ..
In a new survey 95% of tourists say that their experience of Reykjavík was very positive or positive during the winter period from January to April 2010. This is the highest Reykj...
The 'Iceland Inspires' concert will be held on July 1 in Reykjavík Iceland ..
Iceland plays a big role for Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky and her nine bachelors.
The Icelandic band Sigur Ros has been honoured ..
Icelandic National Day - 17 June, is a holiday in Iceland ...
The Viking Village in Hafnarfjordur town hosts a Solstice Festivals with Viking clothing, instruments, jewellery, crafts, and of course food and drinks.
Iceland is the world’s second most peaceful nation after New Zealand, according to this year’s Global Peace Index; but the index also concludes that the global financial crisis has...
The reaction to a new video promoting Iceland as a travel destination, where people dance to the rhythm of Emilíana Torrini’s “Jungle Drum” in various locations in Iceland has been...
Iceland is more awake than ever!
Inspired by Iceland, the biggest campaign ever made to promote Iceland abroad has been launched.
The first Sunday in June is Fishermen’s Day (aka Sailors’ Day) in Iceland, when Iceland’s fishermen are honoured and the fishing industry is celebrated.
The Best Party (Besti flokkurinn), a new political party founded by comedian Jón Gnarr, won the municipal election in Reykjavík yesterday with six representatives on the City Counc...
Iceland places third on Save the Children’s list of countries where it is easiest being a mother in 2010, up by one place since last year.
Björk has been awarded the Polar Music Prize, an annual music prize awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
Volcanic activity at South Iceland’s volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier has continued to decrease over the last 24 hours.
Reykjavík is among the top 25 European destinations, top 10 relaxation and spa destinations in the world and top 10 outdoor & adventure destinations in Europe, according to the...
Online magazine Tourism Review has announced Iceland as one of the top ten safest countries in the world to travel to.
The website handrit.is, which provides digital access to ancient Icelandic manuscripts dating back hundreds of years and is hosted by the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Stu...
A newly released report ranks Iceland as the world’s innovation hotspot, stealing the crown from the USA.
A giant photo by Sigurdur Gudmundsson was put up on the Reykjavík Court House on Thursday as part of the Reykjavík Arts Festival 2010. This is part of an exhibition of Gudmundsson'...
The dates for Iceland Airwaves 2010
The 40th Reykjavík Arts Festival kicks off today, Wednesday 12 May, and will continue until 5 June.
The online shop, nammi.is, started selling ash from Eyjafjallajökull this weekend.
Click here to see video of Dr. Gunni´s favorite things to to in Reykjavik.
Reykjavík is getting ready for its largest cultural festival, Culture Night
A team from the world famous American current affairs programme, 60 Minutes is currently in Iceland.
The Icelandic pavilion at the Shangai World EXPO 2010 was receiving its official opening 1st of May.
Icelandic designers are taking inspiration from the volcanic eruption in south Iceland.
Íslandsperlur – Iceland Pearls is a new travel exhibition in the Pearl, Öskjuhlíð in Reykjavik dedicated to travel services in seven parts of Iceland.
The following photos were taken in Reykjavík this afternoon, Friday 23 April.
"To legions of thrill seekers, the eruption of Eyjafjallajokull is the latest advertisement for the greatest show on Earth..."
According to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, Iceland ranks first out of 163 countries on their Environmental Performance Index, as reported by Forbes magazine.
Travel writer Jeanine Barone shares some great tips for experiencing the capital of Iceland, including some of Reykjavík's lesser known attractions such as the Botanical Gardens an...
Day-to-day life continues in Iceland apart from the directly affected areas of the volcanic eruption in south Iceland and businesses are open and society at large functions normall...
The Aviation Authorities in Iceland have announced that, in light of the ash distribution forecast for Friday 23 April, the flight zone around Keflavik and Reykjavik Airports is ex...
Former President of Iceland Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, who celebrated her 80th birthday last week, was made an honorary citizen of Reykjavík at a special ceremony in Höfdi, the capital...
The Icelandic Tourist Council wants to emphasize that day-to-day life in Iceland is going on as usual, even though the volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajökull glacier on the south...
The volcanic eruption in the glacier Eyjafjallajokull in South Iceland is continuing but Icelandic civil protection authorities have the situation as regards public response fully ...
Free Reykjavík Welcome Cards are on offer for travellers stranded in Iceland due to the ongoing volcanic eruption.
Bookshop Mál og Menning, located on Laugavegur in Reykjavík city centre, has been named one of the twelve best bookshops in the world, by respected Danish newspaper Berlingske Tide...
The eruption in Eyjafjallajokull glacier in South Iceland that started yesterday seems to be stable.
The Reykjavik Children’s Culture Festival will take place for the first tim from 19 to 25 April 2010.
Barcelona, Malmö, Nantes, Nuremberg, Reykjavik, and Vitoria-Gasteiz have been shortlisted by the European Green Capital Award evaluation panel as finalists in the friendly contest ...
The presenters of the British motor action television series Top Gear drove a modified jeep onto new scorching hot lava on the Fimmvörduháls mountain pass this week.
The HI Hostels in Reykjavík were yesterday certificated by the official eco-label of the Nordic Countries
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Reykjavik Art Festival.
Master chefs from Hótel Holt in Reykjavík cooked a gourmet volcanic dinner for travelers near the crater on Fimmvörduháls in south Iceland yesterday.
Numerous signs of spring being around the corner have started to show.
An agreement has been reached between Iceland Music Export (IMX) and Icelandair regarding the annual music festival Iceland Airwaves.
The eruption in South Iceland that started on Saturday seems to be stable, according to scientists.
Looking for an interesting event around Easter break?
The ongoing volcanic eruption in south Iceland has created a new kind of leisure activity for visitors - special volcano tours.
At about 11.30 PM on Saturday an eruption started in South Iceland. The eruption is located in Fimmvorduhals, a passage between two glaciers, Eyjafjallajokull and Myrdalsjokull. Sc...
Easter is just around the corner and Visit Reykjavik has compiled a list of opening hours of various services around the Easter holidays.
Avis aux résidents français: Jouez et gagnez un weekend en Islande avec Visit Reykjavík!
On spring Equinox, on March 20th, the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will be lit for one week. To celebrate the occasion art historian Heiðar Kári Rannversson leads a guided tour throgh the i...
Iceland is among the 10 best destinations worldwide for whale watching, according to an article in The Telegraph (UK).
The attendance record at Reykjavik Art Museum was broken last year when the number of museum visitors for the first time exceeded two hundred thousand
Ticket sales have started for the Reykjavík Arts Festival 12 May – 5 June 2010.
Tickets for the first event, Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff,
Design features strongly in Reykjavík this March, with two exciting festivals dedicated to Icelandic design on the events calendar.
Reykjavík is one of ten cities recommended by Lonely Planet Magazine (March issue) for an unforgettable city break.
Reykjavík is the number one city to swim in, according to the latest issue of travel magazine Business Traveller.
An exhibition on Icelandic contemporary design has opened in the Danish Design Center in Copenhagen.
The ninth annual gourmet festival Food and Fun will be held in Reykjavík 24th - 28th February. A number of foreign chefs and journalists will come to the country because of the fes...
In the past few days strong Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) have been sighted in the vicinity of Reykjavík and even in the city centre itself.
Keflavik International Airport is the best airport in Europe according to passengers of an extensive airport service survey by Airports Council International.
To celebrate Yoko Ono's birthday on 18th February, the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will be lit for one day.
“Pure Energy – Healthy Living”
...is the theme of the Icelandic Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo Shanghai, reflecting the deep relationship Icelandic people have with the natural f...
This week (15-17 February) Icelanders celebrate three special days: "Bun Day", "Bursting Day" and Ash Wednesday.
According to the latest Environmental Performance Index, compiled biannually by Yale and Columbia University researchers, Iceland is the top performer this year.
The largest Museum Night ever will be held this Friday, 12 February. Over thirty museums all over the whole capital area will participate.
Sales of the Reykjavík Welcome Card increased by 30% between the years 2009 and 2008.
The year 2010 is a big year for the Reykjavik Arts Festival as it celebrates its 40th anniversary.
The Icelandic men’s handball team yesterday beat Poland to take the third place ranking at the EHF European Handball Championships in Austria.
Dark Music Days (Festival Of Contemporary Music) will be held in Reykjavík, Iceland from 24-31 January 2010.
Reykjavík Energy, which provides electricity, geothermal water for heating, and cold water for consumption and fire fighting for 67% of the Icelandic population, recently received ...
More festivals than ever, including a few brand new ones, will set their mark on Reykjavik’s cultural calendar this year.
Reykjavík City Council has agreed a proposal to dedicate the year 2010 to Icelandic design in the city.
566,000 tourists visited Iceland last year, making 2009 the biggest year ever in terms of tourist arrivals. This is a 0.7% increase on 2008, when Iceland received 562,000 tourists....
The Spanish-Icelandic artist duo Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson have been chosen to exhibit on Iceland’s behalf at the 54th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezi...
Freysteinn Sigmundsson, geophysicist at the University of Iceland’s Institute of Earth Sciences, believes that the volcano Hekla in south Iceland could erupt with short notice.
Icelandic fashion designer Nikita is designing snowboards and bindings for K2, one of the largest snowboard manufacturers in the world. Nikita is celebrating its tenth anniversary ...
6 January is known as Threttándinn or “The Thirteenth” in Iceland. According to the Icelandic calendar, it marks the 13th and last day of Christmas—the first being Christmas Day—an...