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The Latest Breaking News from Reykjavík

‘Torn down for hotel rooms’: Iceland’s famous music venues swallowed by tourism

Thriving music scene that gave world Björk, Sigur Rós and Ólafur Arnald under threat from Reykjavík’s popularity

The Guardian - UK

Iceland’s recent volcanic eruptions driven by pooling magma are set to last centuries into the future

To experience a volcanic eruption is to witness nature’s raw power. If you would like to see one for yourself, Iceland is a great location for it. Since 2021, seven eruptions have taken place along the Reykjanes Peninsula, close to Reykjavík.

The Conversation

Seven Best Vacation Spots to Beat the Summer Heat

The best vacation spots to beat the summer heat and embrace the comparatively cool include Alaska, Reykjavík, British Columbia, and Stockholm.

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The Guardian - UK

Sagas and geothermal swimming pools – Reykjavík moves to a different rhythm

Wild landscapes, distinctive architecture and child-friendly facilities also help raise the happiness levels of our writer on a stay in the Icelandic capital

The Guardian - UK

Iceland’s ‘bike whisperer’: the vigilante who finds stolen bicycles – and helps thieves change

Bjartmar Leósson says at first he was motivated by his anger at Reykjavík’s bike thieves. Now he empathises with them

The Guardian - UK

Iceland PM joins crowd of 100,000 for full-day women’s strike

Katrín Jakobsdóttir says she wants nation to achieve full gender equality by 2030 as over a quarter of population attend event in capital

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‘We can carry on for ever’: meet Iceland’s last whale hunter

For Kristján Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick’s obsessive hero Ahab are ‘an honour’. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

The Guardian - UK

A local’s guide to Reykjavík, Iceland: the best bars, cafes, beaches and geothermal pools

Artist Lilja Birgisdóttir on her favourite places for culture, eating out and bathing

The Guardian - UK

Iceland volcano erupts near Reykjavík following earthquake

Experts expected an eruption after 1,500 smaller quakes were recorded in recent days

The Independent UK

Best family holiday destinations for 2024 that kids of all ages will love

Go worldwide with the family this year with these child-friendly trips

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak to push for Europe-wide approach to illegal migration

PM heads to Council of Europe meeting in Reykjavík, where he also hopes to win backing for Rwanda plan from head of ECHR

The Guardian - UK

‘Anything is possible’: why Iceland has become a classical music powerhouse

Outstanding new composers and genre-hopping experiments are not the sole reasons the Iceland Symphony Orchestra’s UK tour is so anticipated – the country itself is a seed bed for musical talent

The Guardian - UK

Iceland Airwaves 2022 review: Reykjavík festival is ripe for new music discovery

This unique festival will leave you feeling alive and inspired, but definitely not rested

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The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a therapeutic genre for me’: Iceland’s PM releases debut crime novel

Katrín Jakobsdóttir joins long list of fiction-writing politicians with book that came together during Covid pandemic

The Guardian - UK

‘I got really grounded and loved it’: how grief, going home and gabber built Björk’s new album

For Björk’s 10th album, an unexpectedly happy lockdown in Reykjavík, her mother’s death and her youngest child leaving the nest pushed her to consider her roots. ‘I’m a homebody,’ she concluded – as long as the local swimming pool is open

The Guardian - UK

Cop Secret review – Reykjavík’s answer to Hot Fuzz in action flick sendup

Former footballer Hannes Þór Halldórsson makes his film debut with a goofy comedy about a knucklehead cop afraid to come out as gay

Glasgow Live

US military tanker tracked flying over Cumbernauld and Airdrie having left Italy base

The Lockheed KC-130T Hercules flew above the Greater Glasgow area having departed Naval Air Station Sigonella near Catania in Sicily this morning en route to Reykjavík.

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Direct Glasgow to Iceland flights available for under £90 later this year

Holidaymakers will be able to head direct to Reykjavík from Glasgow Airport starting later this year for less than £90, just in time for the start of the Northern Lights season

The Guardian - AU

Nara Walker: the Australian woman suing Iceland

Walker was convicted of assaulting her ex-husband in Reykjavík in 2017. Now she and eight other women are taking Iceland to court claiming human rights violations

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