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Born from Björk’s album Utopia and growing to embrace her next, Fossora, the tour lasted five years and involved a massive amount of technical preparation: bespoke instruments, a 360-degree sound ...

Meet four Icelanders changing the face of arts and culture The past 30 years have brought about the biggest demographic shift in Iceland since disgruntled Norwegian pagans settled here more than 1000 ...

The weather was mostly gloomy and rainy during our time in the Faroes, but one morning, as the sky cleared and the sun peeked through fast-moving clouds, I took a stroll through the old town ...

The first story of mine that got picked up by the big media was about a young man who lost his life in an accident during the construction of the big, controversial Kárahnjúkar Dam. He was working in ...

The displacement of the Palestinian people and destruction of their centuries-old homes and villages has not stopped since 1948. Their population has been kettled into ever tighter borders and within ...

The next day, I headed out on a glacier hike and got to witness the changing beauty of glaciers firsthand. It’s not my first time hiking on Falljökull, an outlet of the Vatnajökull ice cap, and it ...

Eating out is generally an expensive avocation in Iceland, and Tacoson is no exception. They offer two tacos and a pop for 2700 ISK. A duo of fish tacos with soda costs 3400 ISK. Add the patatas ...

Although seeing such acts as Mammút and Pavement in a seated space of high-brow Eldborg is a somewhat unusual experience, both bands seem comfortable in this sterile environment. Regardless of the ...

After eighteen years in journalism, I decided that my time was coming to an end. I had done many of the things that I wanted: I had been in radio, television, doing investigative journalism, and then ...

For the fifth time, the documentary festival IceDocs is held in Akranes, in West Iceland. Even if it’s out of Reykjavík, it’s only a short drive from the capital. You can even take the bus there.

The Kalmar Union Survives The Nordic Countries had previously been united in the Kalmar Union in 1397 under Queen Margaret I of Denmark. This was ruled from Copenhagen until 1523 when Sweden, which ...