Wages in Iceland are now among the highest in Europe and, indeed, among the highest more broadly.

An earthquake swarm has been ongoing on the Reykjanes Ridge since shortly after 3:30 a.m., when a magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck.

Divers found the body of a foreign tourist who fell into the Jökla river at Stuðlagil yesterday. The body was found shortly before 10 p.m., close to where he had fallen into the river.

Claudia Goldin, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University, will be one of two keynote speakers at a conference hosted by Reykjavík University’s Department of Business Admi...

Emergency responders at Háifoss do not believe there is reason for serious concern about visitor safety at the waterfall, even though three accidents have occurred there so far this year, including one fatal accident, and visitor numbers have inc...

The difference between Icarus and former Landsbanki chairman and majority owner Björgólfur Guðmundsson is that Icarus only flew once too close to the sun, but not Björgólfur, who kept doing it for several decades. But his final trip into the str...

Ever since Sir Richard Grapevine began printing The Reykjavík Grapevine in 1873, this distinguished paper has been at the forefront of the Icelandic business press. Deeply committed to the profit motive, we offer you these words of guidance from Fre...

During the recent municipal elections, we noticed that some of the great local civic accomplishments weren’t celebrated — or seemingly even noticed. For example, the local libraries. Throughout the summer, we’ll highlight the more notable progr...

Benedikt Jóhannesson is an Icelandic publisher, businessman and politician. He is the founder and former chairman of Viðreisn and served as Iceland’s Minister of Finance from January 11, 2017, to November 30, 2017. We are publishing an essay he p...

Many of the most notable events in Icelandic history took place in what is not much more than a city block in downtown Reykjavik, from the arrival of the Vikings to the Pots and Pans Revolution during the economic crash. Join two historians and forme...