News from Iceland
Patients temporarily housed in a parking garage in Fossvogur
Landspítali University Hospital has set up temporary accommodation for patients in a parking garage on the ground floor of the hospital in Fossvogur. Rafn Benediktsson, director of the emergency department, says that infections and contagious illnesses have made it necessary to do everything possible to keep patients separated.
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RÚV English Radio - TÆKNIMINJASAFN AUSTURLANDS / THE TECHNICAL MUSEUM OF EAST ICELAND, SEYÐISFJÖRÐUR
The Technical Museum of East Iceland tells stories of transformations: the importance of technology in this part of Iceland, the contribution made by working women to the town around the turn of the 20th century, and of course, the major landslide in 2020 which severely damaged the museum itself.
Darren makes the first of three upcoming visits today, in the company of Katla Rut Pétursdóttir.
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Forced to retreat due to lightning risk
The location of the fault on the Neskaupstaður Line 1 has now been identified. It has proven difficult to access the site because of the heavy snow in the area.
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UNESCO nod and Yule Lad bath celebrate Iceland's swimming culture
Iceland’s swimming pool culture has been formally recognised as a living tradition and has been added to UNESCO’s list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. It therefore joins Belgian beer culture, the French baguette and the Finnish sauna tradition.
Menningar-, nýsköpunar- og háskólaráðuneytið (Ministry of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education) and Reykjavíkurborg (City of Reykjavík) hosted an event at […] more
Recall of Bónus Grjónagrautur
Þykkvabæjar ehf. has recalled and removed Bónus Grjónagrautur 1 kg from sale, after a foreign object was found in a bag of the product.
This applies to a single production batch of the rice porridge with a best before date of 01.02.2026.
Work is under way to remove the product from shops. Consumers should not consume it but instead dispose of it or return it to the shop where the product was purchased or to […] more
Harbour Café in Grundarfjörður | A Taste of Snæfellsnes
290 citizenship applications not processed before Christmas
A total of 290 applications for Icelandic citizenship have been submitted to Alþingi (Parliament).
In light of the relatively high number of applications, it will now not be possible to process them before Christmas.
Útlendingastofnun (Directorate of Immigration) delivered the applications to the committee together with supporting documents, but evaluations of the applications by Útlendingastofnun are not […] more
Swan swims in Seltjarnarnes
A swan wandered into the swimming pool at Seltjarnarnes at around 11 am today.
According to staff, it first landed in the children’s pool but moved shortly afterwards into the deep pool.
There is not sufficient space for the swan to take off, and it has therefore become necessary to assist it, so that it can be on its way again.
Haukur Geirmundsson, sports officer in Seltjarnarnes, says that contact has been made with Dýrahjálp (animal assistance), on behalf of […] more