Ingi­björg Gréta is a woman who loves hiking and being in the great outdoors. Her new favourite place in the world is Hornstrandir and she had planned three out of four long hikes there this summer. However, things do not always go according to...

A car was driven into the Nettó grocery store in Búðakór in Kópavogur shortly after noon today. The Chief of the Fire Department in Reykjavík confirmed the story to mbl.is. He says that nothing points to anybody getting hurt, since the para...

The police in the Reykjanes peninsula has issued an announcment regarding repairs on trail A at Meradalir:

"The lava had not passed the edge of the pass, but if the flow continues like it has been doing, it will eventually go over the brim. There is a possibility the route might be different in what routes the lava will flow into the valleys," ...

It looks like there will be a huge increase in Cruise ships coming to Icland in 2023, if bookings for that year are anything to go by. Already there are 260 bookings for next summer which means that the summer of 2023 will see more Cruise ships in...

Lava from the eruption at Fagradalsfjall has almost reached the pass in the eastern part of Meradalir and it looks like it would flow in the direction of Suðurstrandarvegur.

The man who was lost last night after going swimming in Langasandur by Akranes was found unresponsive late last night. A call for help was receivedat 9:20 AM last night.

The Chief of Police in the Reykjanes peninsula has decided to ban people going with children under 12 years old to the eruption site in Meradalir. The site is closed today due to weather, but should open tomorrow.

HBO is already in Iceland preparing for season 4 of True Detective: Night Country that will be shot here. The popular series was given the green light last May with a likely premiere in 2023. First the scene locations need to be found and a lot of...

The police in the Reykjanes peninsula has issued a statement saying that the eruption site will continue to be closed today because of the weather. It is likely that it won't open until tomorrow morning.

Ein­ar Bessi Gests­son a natural disaster expert at the Met Office told mbl.is this morning that there have not been a lot of changes in the eruption at Meradalir since last night, by the looks of webcam footage.

A man fell 20-30 meters down a gorge in Norðurdalur by the highway going up Steingrímsfjarðarheiði í Strandir yesterday.

The police authorities for the Reykjanes peninsula area have decided to close access to the eruption site at Meradalir. It started at 5 AM this morning and the decision will be reevaluated tomorrow afternoon.

The Pride Parade starts at Hallgrímskirkja at 2 o'clock today and ends up in Hljómskálagarður where there will be an outdoor concert to celebrate.

Foodies in Iceland can celebrate now because there is a new option on the culinary scene. The Foodhall Vera opened last night at Gróska's Creative Community in Vatnsmýri. "We are super excited that our idea is coming to fruition," s...

A group from mbl.is visited the eruption sitein Meradalir last night. They used a drone to capture the eruption in the dark and the result is nothing short of magical. Ágúst Óliver Erlings is credited as the videographer.

Rescuers from the Rescue Team Þorbjörn from Grindavík were monitoring the eruption site last night. They say that many of the hikers were not adequately prepared for the hike and many of them had no headlights while hiking in the dark, accordin...

The first data the scientists from The Institute of Earth Sciences on the amount of lava coming from the eruption in Meradalir shows that the first hours it measured 32 square meters per second.

The Government of Iceland has issued an announcement regarding the volcanic eruption in Geldingadalir.

The president of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson hopes that the volcanic eruption that started today will not cause damage and encourages people to hold off "rushing into the unknown", because there will be enough time to see the volcano ...