The police were alerted to a bat flying in Reykjavík’s 105 district yesterday. Officers arrived at the scene and, after reviewing footage, confirmed it was indeed a bat, according to mbl.is. The ...

The Capital Area Police were on high alert yesterday following a report of a youth carrying a firearm, Vísir reports. The police received a report about an individual handling a handgun in public in ...

The parents of a girl who fought for her life after an E. coli outbreak at Mánagarður preschool are calling for a police investigation into the incident. Their lawyer argues that it is crucial for ...

The Reykjavík Grapevine’s office has been quite intense today as we’ve had all hands on deck working on our Best of Reykjavík magazine, which hits the streets next week. But stuff is happening around ...

Iceland’s national queer association Samtökin ’78 have received a surge of requests from American queer people since Donald Trump was elected president, asking for information on how to relocate to ...

Low seismic activity was recorded at Bárðarbunga on Monday morning, leading the National Commissioner of Police to lift the uncertainty phase, reports RÚV. While the seismic activity detected has been ...

Every single one of Reykjavík’s swimming pools have received the rainbow certification, as reported by a press release sent by city spokespersons. The colourful stamp of approval signifies Reykjavík’s ...

We navigate our car out onto the less-trodden Snæfellsnes peninsula in the dim-lit dusk of late November. The frosty twilight paints the mountains in a wash of dusty purple — a beautiful sight that I ...

On January 17, Minister of Transport and People’s Party MP Eyjólfur Ármannsson will ceremoniously break first ground on the Fossvogsbrú construction project, RÚV reports. The bridge is the first large ...

On January 22, the headmaster of Kópavogur primary school Hörðuvallaskóli sent a mass email to parents of the school’s students. In it, principal Sigrún Ólöf Ingólfsdóttir encouraged adults to mind ...

Life in Iceland is very expensive. While nothing here has never been affordable, news circulated at the close of 2024 that the cost of groceries was set to increase by 30%, while the cost of ...

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 journalist ...