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mbl.is, 21 December 2019 8:03 AM
Essential Services During the Holidays
Christmas is fast approaching, and you may be wondering what sort of services will be available in Reykjavík City during the holidays.
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 20 December 2019 5:13 PM
Metal And Indie Make Sam Happy
Une Misère – Sermon What a fucking album this is. This celebration of suffering is a series of well-polished anthems...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 20 December 2019 5:10 PM
My Five Albums of the Year: Moon Gardens, Sugar baths And Delusion Inducing Tunes
This year, starting my internship at The Grapevine, I got to finally experience Reykjavík’s hectic and opulent music scene. As...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 20 December 2019 4:42 PM
Christmas Art Market In Reykjavík
Tucked away on Freyjugata, Ásmundarsalur is a quaint art space/coffee shop that runs a number of exhibits year round. From...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 20 December 2019 4:34 PM
Grapevine Podcast: First Impressions #1 – Icelandic Christmas Food
As ever The Reykjavík Grapevine heads for world domination, and the first part of our complexed scheme is, of course,...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 20 December 2019 4:14 PM
Five Best Albums Of The Year – And Then Some
This year was a diverse one. The biggest standout, in my opinion, was the incredible collective success of Icelandic classical...
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 20 December 2019 2:23 PM
Sportsperson of the Year 2019
The 2019 edition of Sportsperson of the Year will take place on Saturday 28th December, with competition particularly strong this year. The event will be broadcast live on RÚV. more
Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 20 December 2019 1:46 PM
100 horses confirmed dead in storm
100 dead horses have been found following the major storm that hit Iceland last week. Some are still missing and the search continues. Some horses are known to remain in danger and vets say that farmers are exhausted. more
Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 20 December 2019 12:35 PM
Break-in at Reykjavík jewellers
The Gullsmiðaverslun Hjálmars Torfasonar jewellery shop was broken into last night and valuables stolen worth millions of krónur. more
mbl.is, 20 December 2019 12:24 PM
Fire in Reykjavík Apartment Building this Morning
No one was injured when fire erupted in a four-story apartment building in Vesturberg, the Breiðholt neighborhood of Reykjavík, this morning.
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 20 December 2019 12:16 PM
Telecommunications companies discuss cooperation
Communications companies Síminn, Sýn, and Nova have signed a memorandum of understanding to discuss possible sharing and cooperation in the development and strengthening of mobile communications infrastructure in Iceland. more
Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 20 December 2019 11:40 AM
43,000 litres of milk went to waste in the storm
The severe storm that hit Iceland last week had a major impact on farmers—largely because of power cuts and closed roads. Dairy farmers could not milk their cows during power cuts, and they could not refrigerate the milk that had been collected... more
mbl.is, 20 December 2019 11:20 AM
Christmas Tree Made of Steel
Alexander Bridde’s grandchildren delight in crawling under their grandparents’ Christmas tree and climbing inside it.
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mbl.is, 20 December 2019 10:10 AM
Avalanche Closes Road in North Iceland
An avalanche fell onto Ring Road 1 in Ljósavatnsskarð pass by Ljósavatn, North Iceland, shortly before 9 pm last night.
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mbl.is, 19 December 2019 12:37 PM
Not Listed on the Receipt
When Icelanders bring home their groceries or Christmas trees during this holiday season, some bring home items not listed on the receipt.
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mbl.is, 19 December 2019 11:01 AM
Yellow Weather Alert for Eastern Half of Iceland
The Icelandic Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for the central highlands and all the eastern half of the country, effective this afternoon.
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mbl.is, 19 December 2019 9:55 AM
Þór’s (Thor’s) Power no Longer Needed
Power is back on in Dalvík, North Iceland, where numerous electric power poles were destroyed in the violent storm that hit the country last week.
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mbl.is, 18 December 2019 2:03 PM
Population of Iceland: nearly 357,000
According to a new report by Statistics Iceland, the population of Iceland on January 1 this year was 356,991, compared with 348,450 a year earlier.
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mbl.is, 18 December 2019 11:42 AM
Emigration Center Disappears under Snow
“We’ve never before had snow on this scale.”
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mbl.is, 18 December 2019 9:53 AM
Violent Storm Kills Dozens of Icelandic Horses
The violent storm that hit Iceland last week killed dozens of horses.
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mbl.is, 17 December 2019 11:05 AM
Iceland Tops List for Gender Parity
For the eleventh year in a row, Iceland is the top country in the world for gender parity.
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mbl.is, 17 December 2019 9:59 AM
Storm Damage Estimated at Hundreds of Millions
Power line repairs are still underway, following the severe weather that hit Iceland last week.
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The Icelandic Meteorological Office, 06 November 2019 10:24 AM
Glaciologists meet in Iceland
The Icelandic Meteorological Office, the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, and the International Glaciological Society (IGS) hosted the third IGS Nordic
Branch Meeting
held in Iceland in Reykholt last week. Scientists and students
in glaciology and related topics presented their research results.. Most presentations were about glacier
mapping, glacier geomorphology and glacier dynamics but outreach efforts about
glaciers and discussions about glacier changes in a wider societal context were
also on the agenda.more
The Icelandic Meteorological Office, 25 October 2019 10:14 AM
30th International
Day for Disaster Reduction
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
was held the 13th of October as every year since 1989. The day was designated
by the United Nations General Assembly, with the aim to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction, including
disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness. The day is an opportunity
to create global awareness about disaster
risk reduction, the progress made and to encourage further efforts to build
disaster resilient communities and nations. more
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