Iceland

When it’s freezing and dark, there’s only one thing Icelanders want to do – take all their clothes off and jump in an outdoor pool

The country’s wartime tradition of giving novels has become a key part of the season

Two years ago, it happened to the people of Grindavík in Iceland – and yet today, the lights flicker and the boats put out to sea

Despite pioneering an Equal Pay Certification Law in 2017, Iceland continues to have a pay gap of 10%

Folklore still fascinates at Iceland’s pan-Nordic jazz mash-up

In Iceland, where the boundaries of what’s possible are often pushed, Thermal Beets is ditching the harmful plastic ordinarily used to make records

John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, has a warning for Iceland: stay out of Trump’s line of sight

The EU has been a long-running topic of debate and now Icelanders want their say

Many languages, including English, contain loan words ‘borrowed’ from other languages. But there is one notable exception – Icelandic

Evacuation orders were issued just hours before the eruption in the south-west of Iceland

Europeans have a long held fascination with volcanoes. But no one knows when or where the next potentially deadly eruption will occur

Vast, desolate and magically odd – what is it about Iceland that makes musicians so desperate to record there?

Icelanders are watching and wondering – will lava streams erupt in the high street?

Anything short of a complete ban on all whale hunting is immoral

Kælan Mikla bring their witchy synth-punk to the UK for the first time since the pandemic

Winter nights in Iceland are long and dark – just how writers like them

Ásgeir, as he is mononymously known, is a household name in Iceland for his warm soundscapes

Hlynur Steinsson, a ranger with Vatnajokull state park and university graduate student, uses a magnifying glass to examine a tiny plant growing on mostly barren and gravel-covered land left behind by the receding Breidamerkurjokull glacier near Hof, Iceland.