Icelandair Launches Flights to Miami as Passenger Numbers Climb 14%

Icelandair has added Miami to its network, bringing the warmth of South Florida within easy reach for Icelanders seeking sunshine this winter. According to a press release from the airline, the route marks part of Icelandair’s effort to expand...

Bright Northern Lights Expected in West Iceland Tonight

Stargazers in West Iceland may be treated to a vivid display of northern lights over the next two nights. This is according to meteorologist Einar Sveinbjörnsson, who spoke to mbl.is. Einar predicts the best viewing conditions will occur between 9...

The Grapevine’s Top Picks For Iceland Airwaves 2025

At Grapevine HQ, Airwaves week is like Christmas. We get all giddy-like when the festival announces its lineup, and scramble to fill our Filofaxes once the schedule is up. In recent years, local grassroots artists have been largely ignored by the...

Iceland land-based salmon company First Water raises another EUR 24 million

Icelandic land-based salmon company First Water has successfully raised another EUR 24 million (USD 27 million) through a share capital increase as it works to establish a farm in Thorlakshofn, Iceland. The company – founded as Landeldi in 2017 –...

A year-round wonder: How Iceland found its balance between tourism and tranquillity

Published on 06/11/2025 - 16:32 GMT+1 The "land of fire and ice" is often imagined as a place of glaciers, geothermal hot springs, waterfalls, volcanoes and the elusive northern lights - a destination for thrill-seekers ticking off bucket-list...

Iceland’s new bloodsuckers are a warning to us all

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. If you want to live somewhere without mosquitoes, you're running out of options. One of the world's last remaining mosquito-free zones has been infiltrated by the...

Record Weather Swept Iceland in October

October brought an unusual mix of weather across Iceland, with both summer-like warmth and winter chill recorded within weeks. According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, and later reported by RÚV, several temperature records were broken...

Iceland's new bloodsuckers are a warning to us all

If you want to live somewhere without mosquitoes, you’re running out of options. One of the world’s last remaining mosquito-free zones has been infiltrated by the bloodsuckers. Three specimens of Culiseta annulata were found in the southwest of...

Defend Iceland enters the Danish market

The Icelandic cybersecurity company Defend Iceland has announced the launch of its bug bounty platform in Denmark, where it will operate under the name Defend Denmark. Defend Iceland works to create a safer digital society through its...

Climate anime, mosquitoes in Iceland and how bats make tequila

Want to get the ThinkLandscape digest in your inbox? Sign up here. Over the past 200 years, plants and animals have been going extinct at unprecedented rates – thanks in no small part to us. But now, new research has found that extinction rates...

Ancient DNA may rewrite the story of Iceland's earliest settlers

Historical accounts say Ingólfr Arnarson was the first Norse settler of Iceland, arriving in the 870s, but this may not be true Public domain Norse people may have lived in Iceland almost 70 years earlier than historians thought, and their arrival...

Iceland and Germany to Enhance Defense Cooperation

Les på norsk. Iceland and Germany are moving toward a significant expansion of their cooperation on defense and security in the North Atlantic and the Arctic. The backdrop is the threat from Russia, writes the German Ministry of Defense. Recently,...

Anthropic to bring its AI to hundreds of teachers in Iceland to help them prepare lessons

Published on 05/11/2025 - 8:01 GMT+1 Anthropic, the maker of the Claude large language model (LLM), is partnering with Iceland to bring its AI technology to teachers across the country. The project, announced on Tuesday, is described by the...

Guardians of Iceland call for first army in more than 150 years

There are few countries that have caused less trouble to their neighbours than Iceland over the past millennium. The island nation has not had a standing army since 1869 and, aside from some argy-bargy with British cod trawlers a century later, it...

Iceland — An Endangered Society

The remoteness of Iceland has always been the country’s blessing and curse, fire and ice. For centuries, it left Icelanders prone to famine, severe weather, and the whims of Danish merchants. More recently, it has offered enviable opportunities in...

Iceland Travel Unveils New Offerings to Enhance Year-Round Tourism and Guest Experience

Iceland Travel has developed new seasonal tours that position Iceland as a year-round destination with different adventures and excursions available throughout the changing months. The three-day Kerlingarfjöll Deluxe Winter Highland Adventure...

Birds, Not Wind, Brought Life to Iceland’s Youngest Island

When the volcanic island of Surtsey emerged from the North Atlantic Ocean in 1963, it presented scientists with a rare natural experiment: a chance to watch life begin on untouched land. For many years, ecologists assumed that plants reached...

Mass Layoffs At Icelandair

On November 4, airline company Icelandair laid off 38 employees, Vísir reports. The majority were employed at the company’s office, Vísir’s sources claim. Despite its competitor Fly Play announcing bankruptcy in late September, Icelandair’s...

Iceland Roundup: Snowpocalypse, Sheep Numbers On The Decline, Corruption, Housing & Prince Andrew

The Reykjavík Grapevine’s Iceland Roundup brings you the top news with a healthy dash of local views. In this episode, Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson is joined by Heimildin editor Aðalsteinn Kjartansson and Grapevine friend and...

Iceland launches policy development initiative to advance geothermal competitiveness

Bjarni Pálsson, chairman of the geothermal roadmap working group, director of wind and geothermal energy at Landsvirkjun and president of the International Geothermal Association. (source: Government of Iceland) The Government of Iceland has...