The 19-year-old risk-taker Viktor Yngvi Ísaksson made the bold decision to dive into Stuðlagil Canyon recently. He has been diving out in nature for three years and has gained considerable experience in his practice during that time.

According to the latest Met Office data, Magma continues accumulating under Svartsengi. A magma run or a volcanic eruption is expected in the next two to three weeks.

The tourism industry’s peak season appears to be considerably weaker than expected in the spring, and it is likely that tourist numbers will be lower this year than in the previous year. This is reflected in Íslandsbanki’s analysis.

“The whole of Mt Hagafell is just a cracked,” Jón Steinar Sæmundsson told mbl.is.

Örn Árnason, actor and guide, is a great storyteller. One of his favorite stories from the Icelandic historical lore is the story of Berserkjabraut on Snæfellsnes. When Örn is guiding foreign visitors, he often goes there.

The sun was shining on the chess players who attended the Icelandic Chess Federation tournament in Ingólfstorg yesterday. A total of 33 players participated in the tournament and Arnar Gunnarsson was the winner.

Hvammsvík is a unique natural paradise in Hvalfjörður, less than an hour from the capital area. The history of Hvammsvík dates back to the twentieth century, as mentioned in Landnáma when Hvamm-Þórir settled in the area. Hvammsvík was a lo...

Almost 1,200 competitors are enrolled in the International Bike Race The Rift, which begins at Hvolsvöllur tomorrow, Saturday. The race will take place on the 200-kilometre route the competitors will cover. The vast majority of the competitors ar...

“To be honest, I was shocked when I saw this decision,” says Arthur Bogason, chairman of the National Association of Small Boat Owners, about the decision in a case concerning the collision between the cargo ship Longdawn and the coastal fishi...

Charges have been issued against a man who is suspected of stabbing another man in Súðavík.

A professor of volcanology believes it is likely that the beginning of the next eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula will occur in similar locations to the last eruption on the peninsula, namely near Sundhnúkagígar crater row.

At least five landslides occurred in Iceland this past weekend. One of them closed roads in Svínadalur in Skarðsströnd, Dalabyggð.

The likelihood of a magma-run or a new volcanic eruption in the next three weeks has increased considerably. This is stated in a notice from the Met Office.

The helicopter unit of the Icelandic Coast Guard was called twice out at the request of the South Iceland police yesterday and last night. In both cases, hikers were in trouble hiking in the mountains.

A new collaboration agreement on the promotion of Icelandic art abroad has been signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Þórdís Kol­brún Reyk­f­jörð Gyl­fa­dóttir and the director of the National Gallery of Iceland, Ingi­björg­ Jó...

Mohamad Kourani has been sentenced to eight years in prison for a stabbing attack in the store OK Market along with other offenses. This was the conclusion of the Reykjanes District Court, which was sentenced today.

“It’s been raining hard many times, but this is unusual now,” farmer Ragnar Rúnar Jóhannsson in the farm Kverná-Neðri in Grundarfjörður told mbl.is.

The couple Óli Valur Steindórsson and Ragnheiður Þengilsdóttir had a stressful, tense, but above all, joyful moment when all things were said and done at the river Víðidalsá this morning. Þengilsdóttir put in a large salmon at the fishin...

Emergency responders are searching for a person who is believed to have gone into the sea at Örfirisey in Grandi in west Reykjavík.

The magma accumulation under Svartsengi is now eight million cubic metres and the inflow is steady. This is what Lovísa Mjöll Guðmundsdóttir, a natural hazard specialist at the Icelandic Met Office, says to Morgunblaðið.