When the sun went dark the day before yesterday, the trawler Kaldbakur EA was fishing for cod and saithe on the Hali fishing grounds northwest of Iceland, directly in the path of totality. Conditions would undoubtedly have been ideal for the crew ...

Flatey Church is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, a special anniversary service will be held today, Friday, August 15.

Police successfully directed nearly 2,500 vehicles away from Látrabjarg after yesterday’s total solar eclipse ended, according to the chief superintendent of police in the Westfjords.

An Icelandic Coast Guard helicopter was called out shortly after 5 a.m. today following an accident in Grundarfjörður.

The total solar eclipse will be streamed live here on mbl.is today. A specially equipped camera for filming the spectacle has been positioned near Rauðsdalsfjall by Barðaströnd, where visibility is expected to be among the best in Iceland today...

“It is getting a bit darker, but that could be the rain clouds,” my wife said as we stood with our kids in the Laugarneskirkja churchyard. The clouds did not part for Reykjavík during our once-in-600-years eclipse. In fact, it rained. And it was...

On August 12, 2026, Reykjavík was on the receiving end of a total eclipse. Inside the city limits, we received about 55 seconds of total eclipse 17:47. As one of many who gathered, it did indeed get dark, and quiet, during the eclipse. Like a bunch ...

My first exposure to Icelandic politics was watching the country’s prime minister bristle and flee a live TV interview when asked about his former partial ownership of an offshore company. Just a day earlier the organisation I had worked for at the...

We’re a fortnight away from a referendum on restarting accession negotiations with the EU. According to the polls, the result will be a coin toss. While much ink has been spilled on the timing of the referendum and the sitting PM’s lack of enthus...

In this episode we sit down with Icelandic musician, drummer, and cultural figure Sigtryggur Baldursson. We discuss Sigtryggur's tenure from 2012 to 2024 leading the Iceland Music export office, during which he lobbied Parliament to establish an inte...