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

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

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

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