Travellers currently stranded in Iceland are safe and sound according to Visit Reykjavik, the official Tourism website for Reykjavik and the surrounding area.

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Every year, the kind folks at Visit Reykjavik compile an amazingly useful list of key opening times over Christmas and New Year to aid tourists and locals in equal measure in enjoying the city over the holiday. Read the full story

90 percent of foreign tourists in Reykjavik this summer had a good or a great time in the city, MBL.is reports. The information comes from tourist officials who interviewed 2,000 foreign tourists at Keflavik International airport on their way home from Iceland.

Such surveys have been carried out since 2004, but never with such a high rate of satisfaction as this year.

According to the survey, 71 percent of visitors Read the full story

Yes, it’s happened again: 24 of tonight’s 53 acts are marked as “must see” in my schedule. Like my younger attempts to break the sound barrier on a bicycle, it just ain’t gonna happen.

But some top picks would be: Read the full story

Last night saw town filled to the gills with funseekers, both of the Iceland Airwaves wristband wearing variety, and of the other sort too. And as Airwaves generates its own veritable fringe festival on the side, everyone can appreciate live music without paying for the privilege.

A good example of this is the new café Rosenberg, opened recently as a replacement for the popular Read the full story

In something of a running theme, I seem to have highlighted 24 of tonight’s 53 as “must sees”. Once again, as per usual, there is not a cat’s chance in a dairy that I’ll get to see them all.

I would, therefore, recommend the following as a healthy dose of Friday night Airwaves: Read the full story

Airwaves kicked off last night, on an unassuming, mild, showery evening when Iceland beat Macedonia 1-0 in the football World Cup qualifiers at home in Reykjavik.

101 Reykjavik was pleasantly buzzing throughout the evening – not with the heavy thrum of a weekend, but something altogether different. Read the full story

Here is a short update on the first day of Iceland Airwaves…only a few hours to go!

Of the 30 acts playing tonight over five venues, I highlighted 15 as “must see”. I am quite clearly not going to be able to see them all. Probably not by a very long way.

So, forced to prioritise horribly, my REAL must sees would have to be: Read the full story

Among all the doom these days coming from Iceland (and pretty much everywhere else too), some people had forgotten Iceland Airwaves.

Now in its tenth year, Iceland Airwaves is the biggest little festival in the world and has attracted the best international acts since the beginning. The festival is also famed for nurturing and even launching the careers of Iceland’s best acts as well. Read the full story