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Reykjavík Grapevine, 13 June 2022 10:24 PM
Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Burger
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to...
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mbl.is, 13 June 2022 7:45 PM
Fishermen celebrated today with the same enthusiasm as 84 years ago
"It is obvious that the same feeling of support that fishermen and the fishing industry had in the year 1938 when the Fisherman's Day was celebrated for the first time still prevailsl," says Aríel Pétursson, chairman of the Fisherman's Day Council, which was held yesterday after a two year hiatus due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 13 June 2022 3:51 PM
Portugal. The Man met mostly sheep
The old cooperative building at Haganesvík, near Skagaströnd in North Iceland, has been turned into a recording studio, owned and operated by an American company. With only sheep outside the window of the raw timber, concrete, and corrugated iron building, musicians from around the world come to find inspiration—and to take advantage of the perhaps-surprisingly world-class facilities. more
Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 13 June 2022 2:49 PM
Red alert called over plane in trouble
A red danger alert was called at Keflavík International Airport after 01.00 this morning and around a thousand people were called out in response. The incident was triggered when pilots on an approaching passenger jet received a low fuel warning from their plane. The transportation accidents investigation committee is now working to find out what went wrong. The aeroplane landed normally and nobody was hurt. more
Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 13 June 2022 2:03 PM
Third monkeypox case and a covid spike
There are now three people in Iceland who have tested positive for monkeypox. Two were diagnosed mid-last-week, and one more on Saturday; a middle-aged man who lives in the capital region. more
Reykjavík Grapevine, 13 June 2022 1:38 PM
Organisations Demand Icelandic Government To Implement Women’s Charter
Several organisations are calling on the Icelandic government to incorporate the Women’s Charter into Icelandic law, reports RÚV. The demand...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 13 June 2022 1:34 PM
Track By Track: Lemon Street With Pale Moon
Pale Moon is an intriguing psychedelic rock band comprised of husband-wife duo Árni Guðjónsson and Natalia Sushchenko and signed to...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 13 June 2022 1:29 PM
Another Tourist Dies At Reynisfjara, Prompting Calls For Closure
Officials are considering closing Reynisfjara after a tourist was swept out to sea and died there on Friday. The man...
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 13 June 2022 12:37 PM
The Week in Iceland, 13 June 2022
The weekly news programme from RÚV English: an entertaining look at what's been going on in Iceland over the past seven days. more
Reykjavík Grapevine, 13 June 2022 11:42 AM
Rent Prices Rose Over 100% In Last Decade
Real estate and rental prices have risen disproportionately more in Iceland than in the rest of Europe in the last...
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mbl.is, 13 June 2022 8:41 AM
A fatal accident at Reynisfjara Black Beach
Rescue teams from the Southern part of Iceland and the Westman Islands were called out last Friday because of an accident in Reynisfjara Black Beach just before five o‘clock.
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mbl.is, 12 June 2022 8:00 AM
Got a million rejections before the ball started rolling
The photographer Kári Sverriss wanted to be like his parents from an early age. They were prominent in the Icelandic fashion world and were living the life. Before he came out of the closet he had two children and followed his dreams by going to London. Today he works with famous models and photographs for big magazines like Vogue and Elle.
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mbl.is, 11 June 2022 8:00 AM
Niceair cancels all flights to London in June
Niceair has had to cancel all flights to London in June because of problems with legal issues having to do with Brexit and EU and Iceland. There won't be any flights to England until a permanent solutionhas been found to the problem.
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mbl.is, 10 June 2022 3:00 PM
NATO warships arrived in Reykjavik
Six NATO warhips arrived at Reykjavik airport yesterday because of a scheduled exercise that will take place on the 13th of June in the sea between Norway and Iceland.
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 10 June 2022 12:07 PM
Ölgerðin joins stock exchange
The drinks manufacturer Ölgerðin joined the main Nasdaq stock exchange in Iceland yesterday. Its first day of trading was rather gentle, seeing its share price drop from 10.04 krónur to 9.99 krónur in 299 million krónur of trade at the close of trading. more
mbl.is, 10 June 2022 8:00 AM
All the suspects in the drug bust Icelandic
The suspects, arrested in relation to the big drug bust cases that were reported yesterday, were all Icelandic men, and mostly in their forties, although there was quite a wide age gap between the youngest and the oldest, according to Grímur Grímsson Chief of Police in the Central Police Investigation Department.
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mbl.is, 09 June 2022 7:00 PM
1.7 billion ISK worth of drugs seized
Police seized drugs and materials for drug production for 1.7 billion ISK after an investigation that has been ongoing for the last few months.
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mbl.is, 09 June 2022 3:34 PM
First cases of monkeypox reported in Iceland
It looks like the first cases of monkeypox were diagnosed yesterday in Iceland. Two middle aged men were diagnosed with monkeypox in a test in Iceland, and their tests will be sent abroad as soon as possible to confirm the diagnosis. This is reported on the website of the Directorate of Health.
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mbl.is, 08 June 2022 3:00 PM
The name of the man who died on Saturday revealed
The man who died last Saturday in Bardavogur because of head injuries was Gylfi Bergmann Heimisson. He was born in 1975 and leaves behind four children aged 2 to 24 years old. His notice of passing was published in Morgunblaðið today.
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mbl.is, 08 June 2022 10:36 AM
"Like swimmingin a washing machine"
The Waves reached the shore of France at 19:44 last night after swimming for sixteen hours and four minutes in the English Channel.
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mbl.is, 07 June 2022 3:00 PM
Drove off after hitting a cyclist
A car was driven into a cyclist in Laugavegur Saturday night around 8:30 PM. According to witnesses the driver of the car had been stepping on the gas and honking before he drove into the cyclist.
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mbl.is, 07 June 2022 8:00 AM
Swimming through the English Channel
The sea swimming group The Waves started their swim through the English Channel last night at 4:00 AM.
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The Icelandic Meteorological Office, 16 May 2022 1:06 PM
Earthquakes on the Reykjanes peninsulaMore than
3000 earthquakes have been automatically detected nearby Eldvörp in the
Reykjanes/Svartsengi volcanic system in the past week. Since yesterday (15.05),
nine earthquakes had magnitude above M3 and two above M4. The largest event had
a magnitude of M4.3 occurred on 15.05 at 17:38 UTC. The seismicity is located
at a depth between 4 and 6 km.more
The Icelandic Meteorological Office, 04 March 2022 8:14 PM
The weather in Iceland in 2021The weather in 2021 was mainly
favorable, wind speed was below average and stormy
days were relatively uncommon. The annual mean temperature was
slightly above the 1991 to 2020 mean
at most stations, and it was considerably dry in all parts of the
country. Snow conditions were remarkably light in the Southwest
during the year. The number of snow-covered days in Reykjavík were
only 17 and only once been fewer. The summer was exceptionally warm,
sunny, and dry in the North and East, the warmest on record in many
places in these regions and many maximum
temperature records were broken. The monthly mean temperature reached
14 °C at several stations
this summer. It is the first time that the monthly mean temperature
reaches 14°C at any station since the beginning of observations.
The year was sunny in Akureyri and the total number of
sunshine hours in Akureyri has only once been more.
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