Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       24 July 2026 4:15 PM
RÚV English Radio - FAMILY FUN / FJÖLSKYLDUFJÖR

Children & families can enjoy completely free daytrips to some wonderful destinations on Mondays during the summer. There are three left this year: the next is to the Family Park and Zoo.

The Family Fun Days are run by TINNA - Virknihús, & more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       24 July 2026 4:14 PM
Festival fun across the country this weekend

Icelanders eager to go camping should be able to find something to suit them across the country this weekend.

A classical music festival will be held in Reykholt in Borgarfjörður for the thirtieth time. Þórunn Ósk Marínósdóttir, is artistic director of Reykholtshátíð [Reykholt Chamber Music Festival].

This is a thirty-year-old festival, and the programme is somewhat celebratory because […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       24 July 2026 4:03 PM
New entrance will improve access to Keflavík Airport

Airport operator Isavia has opened a new entrance by the terminal at Keflavík Airport, intended to improve access.

Major construction work that has been under way in recent months in the car parks where arriving passengers leave the terminal is now nearing completion, say Isavia.

The main pedestrian routes in the area have been covered to protect passengers from the weather as they make their way to or from […] more

mbl.is,   24 July 2026 2:43 PM
Residents invited to security meeting following burglary wave

Residents of Reykjavík, along with representatives from the retail and service sectors, have been invited to a public meeting to discuss safety and security in the city. more

Iceland Review,   24 July 2026 1:30 PM
Animal Welfare Council Member Calls for Sanctions Over Whaling Practices

An animal welfare expert has called on Icelandic authorities to impose administrative fines on whaling company Hvalur hf., arguing that recent findings on the prolonged death of a fin whale demonstrate that the hunt cannot comply with Iceland’s animal welfare legislation. Katrín, a member of Iceland’s Animal Welfare Council, criticised the Icelandic Food and Veterinary [...]… more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       24 July 2026 12:57 PM
Campylobacter contracted after handling gull chick

Birna Viðarsdóttir, who lives at the farm Norður-Hvoll in Mýrdalur, recently spent four days in hospital in isolation with vomiting and diarrhoea, receiving intravenous nutrition and two types of antibiotics.

She had contracted the bacterium Campylobacter after handling a great black-backed gull chick.

Birna is a keen bird enthusiast and is interested in everything to do with birds.

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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       24 July 2026 12:51 PM
Delight as Baldur returns to Breiðafjörður

The ferry Baldur is sailing across Breiðafjörður again, after operating between mainland Iceland and the Westman Islands in recent weeks.

Jakob Björgvin Sigríðarson Jakobsson, mayor of Stykkishólmur, says local businesses have suffered a major blow because of the ferry's absence.

We're very pleased that Baldur is resuming sailings... We expect Baldur to help tourism businesses in Stykkishólmur […] more

mbl.is,   24 July 2026 10:00 AM
Meteorologist: Haze likely caused by Canadian wildfire smoke

The haze that settled over the Reykjavík capital area on Friday evening was most likely smoke from the ongoing wildfires in Canada, according to meteorologist Einar Sveinbjörnsson of Blika. more