Iceland

In a recent interview, the director Robert Eggers reflected on the experience of helming his first potential blockbuster. The Northman, out now, is, he said, "literally an epic” in that it adapts an Icelandic revenge saga, and in that it…

Following a couple of controversies he courted in Hawaii recently, actor Ezra Miller's future as Flash in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) is apparently in peril. As per reports, the top management of Warner Brothers--which owns DC--do not…

Backroads announces top summer family travel destinations “Last year families mainly stayed in the US due to Covid uncertainty, but this year we're seeing…

Last Friday, Iceland lifted all restrictions against Covid—no quarantining for the infected, no testing at the border, and no size limits on gatherings. The same day, the country broke its record for the number of single-day cases, with…

Travel restrictions are quickly disappearing in Europe, with new announcements coming by the week — and, more recently, by the day.Changes to eliminate Covid-related travel rules gained momentum in January, as a wave of omicron-related…

Ingrooves Music Group has expanded into Iceland via acquisition of prominent label and distributor Alda Music.Alda CEO Sölvi Blöndal will continue to lead the company’s team based in Reykjavík.Ingrooves says that they will now work closely…

How do you prepare for a mission to the moon or Mars? You can’t take a quick jaunt to get the lay of the land, so you need to find the next best thing. And there isn’t much better than our very own slice of an alien world right here on…

With its waterfalls and glaciers, Iceland offers views that are hard to beat. But Tina Dico and Helgi Jonsson managed to do just that with their new vacation home, built on a lot where the view is made even more spectacular by a rare bit of…

Issued on: 26/09/2021 - 15:10Modified: 26/09/2021 - 15:12 Iceland on Sunday became the first country in Europe to have more women than men in parliament, a day after a general…

IT’S ONE OF those end-of-the-earth places. The westernmost part of Iceland that overlooks the frigid Atlantic is a primordial world of sharp, snow-capped peaks, moonlike landscapes and sparkling fjords. But that wasn’t the main reason we…