Tag: Iceland

Iceland: Limited Number of Tourists Allowed in Some Ice Caves

NordenBladet - A limited number of people will from now on be allowed to visit ice caves and to go glacier hiking within five...

Iceland: One COVID-19-Related Death in Iceland

NordenBladet - One death from COVID-19 was announced on the website of Landspítali National University Hospital today – the first such death in Iceland...

Iceland: Will Icelandic Naming Committee Be Abolished?

NordenBladet - Iceland has long been known for its Naming Committee – a committee of three people and three substitutes whose role it is...

Iceland: Meet in Reykjavík moves under the umbrella of Promote Iceland

NordenBladet — Meet in Reykjavík, the official convention bureau for Reykjavík city and the capital area, has joined forces with Promote Iceland. According to...

Iceland: Njal’s Saga to be completed tonight at the Icelandic Saga Centre in Hvolsvöllur,...

NordenBladet - Njal’s Saga, the best-known among the sagas of the Icelanders, will finally be completed tonight - on tapestry, that is. Since February...

Iceland: Reykjavik International Film Festival goes ahead in September

NordenBladet — This year RIFF will explore new technology and use it to bring quality cinema to an even wider audience in Iceland. There...

Iceland: Hidden caves in Hella are open to public

NordenBladet - Since January 18th, 2020, four of the twelve man-made caves in Hella are open to the public. The Hella caves are ancient;...

In Focus: Iceland and the Arctic

NordenBladet - There are a few different definitions of what constitutes the Arctic, but it can essentially be defined as the area surrounding the...

Food of Iceland: What is Laufabrauð and how to make it? + Recipe and...

NordenBladet - Laufabrauð (Icelandic pronunciation: ​, "leaf bread"; sometimes also called "snowflake bread" in English) is a traditional kind of Icelandic bread that is...

Iceland: Proposal to build new domestic airport in Hvassahraun

NordenBladet - This weekend, the city of Reykjavík and the Icelandic government signed a contract that will begin an investigation into potentially opening a...