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Reykjavík Grapevine, 21 November 2018 5:11 PM
Town Guide: Giant Eggs, Bones, Cake, And The Future In Djúpivogur
Just off Route 1 in the East Fjords, the buildings of Djúpivogur fill the interstices between a network of crumbling...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 21 November 2018 4:56 PM
Grapevine Playlist: Wood/Work, Commander, Svartidauði, Sólveig Matthildur, Hugar & More!
Very much like a torrent of aurora glimpsed through the clouds, rippling the surface of our planet’s atmosphere like a...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 21 November 2018 4:14 PM
Safe Injection Site Plans Move Forward In Iceland
Plans to open a safe injection site for drug users in Reykjavík are moving forward according to Vísir. Minister of...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 21 November 2018 2:12 PM
Iceland’s Parliament Will Be Open To The Public On December First
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Iceland’s sovereignty, Parliament will be open to the general public, where parts...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 21 November 2018 1:32 PM
Árni Paints The Sea: An Oceanic New Exhibition Looks At One Of Painting’s Classic Subjects
The entrance to Gallery Port — through a narrow passage leading off Laugavegur—has that special feeling of leading to something...
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Iceland Review, 21 November 2018 11:56 AM
Safe Injection Site to Open in Reykjavík Next Year
The site was one of the recommendations made by a task force on ways to reduce the negative consequences and side effects of substance abuse. more
Iceland Review, 21 November 2018 11:21 AM
Icelandic Female Rap Collective Wins European Talent Award
Icelandic female rap collective Reykjavíkurdætur has won the Music Moves Europe Talent Awards in the category of hip hop/rap. more
Iceland Review, 21 November 2018 10:39 AM
Reykjavík Aims to Bridge Childcare Gap by 2023
An additional 700-750 spots will be added to Reykjavík preschools over the next five years in an attempt to bridge the gap between parental leave and preschool. more
Iceland Review, 20 November 2018 5:44 PM
Sea Cucumber Company Receives Innovation Award
Aurora Seafood has received the innovation award Svifalda for their sea cucumber fishing around Iceland. more
Iceland Review, 20 November 2018 2:39 PM
In Nepal to Retrieve Fallen Icelanders’ Remains
Leifur Örn Sveinsson is now in the Himalayas to retrieve the bodies of Kristinn Rúnarsson and Þorsteinn Guðjónsson. more
Iceland Review, 20 November 2018 2:04 PM
Polish Ambassador Accuses Icelandic Media Source of “Fake News”
Stundin newspaper received a formal letter of complaint from the Polish Ambassador to Iceland for their news story on a controversial march that took place on November 11 in Warsaw. more
Iceland Review, 20 November 2018 11:47 AM
Jim Ratcliffe Acquires More Land in Iceland
The British billionaire now owns all or part of 30 lots in the remote Vopnafjörður. more
Iceland Review, 19 November 2018 6:36 PM
Danger of Rockslide in Svínafellsjökull Glacier
There is a considerable risk of a rockslide forming near Svínafellsjökull glacier. The rockslide is believed to come to a stop on the glacier, and it could create a tidal wave in the glacial lagoon. more
Iceland Review, 18 November 2018 10:00 AM
More Icelanders Retiring in Spain
Almost 700 Icelanders have registered their legal domiciles in Spain, which is a ten percent increase from last year. more
Iceland Review, 18 November 2018 9:00 AM
Fire in Hafnarfjörður Factory Rages Overnight
As of 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon, firefighters were still working to put out the last of a fire that started in a Hafnarfjörður factory on Friday night. more
The Icelandic Meteorological Office, 16 October 2018 9:17 AM
EUROVOLC is bringing
the European volcanological community closer together
The European Network of Observatories and Research Infrastructures for Volcanology EUROVOLC is a H2020 Research and Innovation Project of the European
Commission. It will construct an integrated and harmonized European volcanological
community able to fully support, exploit and build-upon existing and emerging
national and pan-European research infrastructures, including e-Infrastructures
of the European Supersite volcanoes. The harmonization includes linking
scientists and stakeholders and connecting still isolated volcanological
infrastructures located at in situ volcano observatories (VO) and
volcanological research institutions (VRIs). more
The Icelandic Meteorological Office, 12 October 2018 8:03 AM
100 years since Katla erupted
Today, 12 October, is the 100-year anniversary of the
1918 eruption of Katla. The volcano is considered one of the most hazardous of
Iceland's 32 active volcanic systems. During the last 1100 years, Katla has
erupted at least 21 times, with an average repose interval of around 50 years.
The current one-hundred-year repose marks the longest period since a Katla
eruption. The Katla volcanic system is located in the eastern volcanic zone. It
is characterized by an 80-km-long fissure swarm and an ice-clad central volcano.
The central volcano is covered by the Mýrdalsjökull ice-cap and it includes a 9
by 14 km caldera, with ice-thickness up to 700 m.more
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