How Reykjavik's sheet-metal homes beat the Icelandic winter – they may be unorthodox, but the innovative buildings have kept residents warm and dry for more than a century ~design architecture Article 13 votes
Arsenal sign goalkeeper Alex Rúnarsson from Dijon on four-year deal – Iceland international expected to deputise for first-choice goalkeeper Bernd Leno ~sports.football Link 6 votes
CBS Studios has struck a global first-look deal for an adaptation of Ragnar Jónasson's best-selling nordic-noir book The Darkness ~tv Article 466 words 5 votes
Euronews travelled to Iceland to see how researchers are hunting down viruses – and exploring their potential uses as part of a project called Virus-X ~science biology.molecular Video 4:00 4 votes
At Iceland's Blue Lagoon you can swim in power plant wastewater – here's a story about geothermal energy, cheap heat, and how to keep some ducks warm ~enviro energy.renewable water.waste Video 5:17 9 votes
Silfra, in Þingvellir National Park in Iceland, is a crack in the earth where you can snorkel or dive between the continents – well, sort of ~science Video 4:08 9 votes
An Icelandic ritual for wellbeing – when Iceland reopened its public swimming pools, the nation was so delighted that queues formed outside pools at midnight ~life Article 1568 words 4 votes
Iceland floats idea of LGBTQ business certificate – guidelines for companies on how to foster diversity and make the labor market welcoming for all kinds of people ~lgbt Article 5 votes
An app lets you de-stress by screaming at the Icelandic wilderness from afar ~life Article 242 words 9 votes
You've been through a lot this year and it looks like you need the perfect place to let your frustrations out – record your scream and we'll release it in Iceland ~life Video 1:01 7 votes
The Football Association of Iceland released its new crest – to describe it as the most metal thing you've ever seen does it an injustice ~sports.football Article 352 words 8 votes
Iceland heads to polls to elect next president – while the post is largely symbolic, the president has the power to appoint governments and veto laws ~news iceland politics Article 464 words, published Jun 1 2020 6 votes
Iceland hit by thousands of quakes and threat of volcanic eruption – the island nation has experienced increased seismic activity in the past month ~science Article 438 words, published Jun 18 2020 10 votes
Welcome to Laufskálarétt – The autumn ritual of wild horse herding in Iceland's Kolbeinsdalur Valley ~life Article 641 words 9 votes
Iceland topped the annual Global Peace Index, which found the world to be less peaceful than it was in 2019 ~misc Article 359 words 6 votes
The nine-woman feminist rap group Daughters of Reykjavik was mocked online and in Iceland's news media – so they're taking their message elsewhere ~music Article 480 words 5 votes
Nearly 40% of Icelanders are using a covid contact-tracing app—and it hasn’t helped much ~health Article 429 words 10 votes
Iceland has a record of its people's ancestry going back 1,000 years – it's given the country an advantage into understanding the genetic makeup of coronavirus ~science Article 6 votes
Commercial whaling may be over in Iceland – citing the pandemic, whale watching, and a lack of exports, one of the three largest whaling countries may be calling it quits ~enviro Article 903 words, published May 1 2020 6 votes
Iceland wins EU trademark battle against United Kingdom-based supermarket chain ~finance business Article 585 words, published Apr 12 2019 7 votes
Iceland's forestry service has come up with a novel way to overcome the sense of isolation many people suffer because of Covid-19 – hug the trees ~life Article 347 words 6 votes
Awakening volcanic region in Iceland could cause disruption for centuries – Reykjanes peninsula's last active period started in 10th century and lasted 300 years ~science Article 516 words 6 votes
Icelandic farming union has been surprised by the enthusiastic response to its appeal for volunteers to help sick farmers out during the Covid-19 outbreak ~life Article 332 words 7 votes
Iceland employs detective work, testing and quarantine in coronavirus fight ~health healthcare Article 1419 words 8 votes
Iceland's Daði Freyr Pétursson says he will not return for Eurovision 2021 selection as a singer ~music Article 408 words 2 votes
Iceland's large-scale testing strategy includes people who don’t have any symptoms ~health healthcare Article 1659 words 7 votes
Icelandic prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir wants to introduce a well-being economy – GDP becomes merely one of thirty-nine indicators of national progress ~life Article 10 votes
England have been drawn to face Iceland, Denmark and Belgium in the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League ~sports.football Link 5 votes
Daði & Gagnamagnið win Iceland's Söngvakeppnin 2020 with 'Think About Things' ~music Article 427 words 7 votes
Hatari feat. Bashar Murad - Klefi / Samed (Chamber / Steadfast) (2019) ~music industrial Video 3:55, published May 24 2019 4 votes
Immigrants from over twenty countries are taking part in a program that will help them develop, set up, and operate a food truck specialising in food from their home countries ~life Link 4 votes
Icelanders celebrate Bolludagur – the cream-filled buns are generally made of choux pastry and topped with a chocolate or caramel glaze ~food baking Article 288 words 6 votes
The lessons a buoyant Finland can take from Iceland's Euro 2016 success ~sports.football Article 1242 words 3 votes
LGBTQ activists in Iceland are protesting the planned deportation of a transgender teen and his family who fled Iran last February ~lgbt transgender activism Article 965 words 10 votes
KFOR and Iceland sign technical agreement on lower airspace – an important step in the process to establish all of the necessary conditions for the opening of new aviation routes ~news iceland kosovo Link 4 votes
Hildur Guðnadóttir becomes first woman to win Best Original Score – Icelandic composer also won Golden Globe and BAFTA awards for her work on 'Joker' ~music Article 429 words 8 votes
Cod war tensions with Iceland – British trawlers, bunched together as they are, make easy prey for Icelandic gunboats in 1976 ~humanities.history Article 542 words 3 votes
Mt. Þorbjörn, Reykjanes – Icelandic volcano swell signals potential eruption ~science Article 495 words 4 votes
An attempt to name a child after the Devil has won no sympathy from Iceland's official naming committee ~life parenting Article 392 words 12 votes
Iceland didn't hunt any whales in 2019 – and public appetite for whale meat is fading ~enviro Article 1078 words 6 votes
In 2017, Iceland had the lowest number of prisoners per inhabitants (thirty-nine per 100,000) among European countries, according to Eurostat ~life Article 372 words 5 votes
David Gunnlaugsson – Iceland's melting glaciers are nothing to panic about ~enviro climate change Article 1020 words 2 votes
Icelandic broadcaster RÚV has presented the ten artists and their songs that have been selected to take part in the national selection Söngvakeppnin 2020 ~music Link 5 votes
Two Chinese nationals in their early twenties have been found dead at the site of a 1973 plane crash in southern Iceland ~news iceland china Article 437 words 9 votes
Langjökull – Thirty-nine tourists got stuck for hours in a blizzard at an Icelandic glacier, but are now safe ~news iceland Article 4 votes