Two whales to fly from China to Iceland
Two captive beluga whales, called Little White and Little Grey, are preparing for a gruelling journey from Shanghai to Iceland’s Westman Islands this ...
Assessing the Damage After the Storm
Reports have been coming in all morning as Iceland takes stock after yesterday’s violent storm. According to the Iceland Monitor, the winds that hit t...
Mugison adds more free concerts to create Christmas round-Iceland tour
People love a freebie — especially when it is a concert by one of Iceland’s biggest contemporary music stars. After “selling outR...
Icelandic municipality escapes fines for unclean incinerator
The Environment Agency of Iceland has conceded to the Westman Islands council’s claim that it should not have to pay the daily fines charged by ...
Giant undersea heat pump for Icelandic island town?
As strange is it sounds, there is no usable geothermal hot water for residents on Iceland’s volcanic island of Heimaey. After the famous volcani...
Iceland’s new ferry port “built in wrong place”
The trouble-hit Landeyjahofn harbour, built to shorten trips between the Westman Islands and the Icelandic mainland, was built in the wrong place, acc...
350 million to dredge new Icelandic harbour…again
Iceland’s brand new Landeyjahofn harbour, built for the Westman Islands ferry, continues to cause expensive headaches.
New Iceland ferry port experiencing teething problems
Herjolfur, the ferry between the Westman Islands and mainland Iceland, can no longer sail to the brand new, specially constructed Landeyjahofn Harbour...