Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just over 60 miles from the Arctic Circle, in the northern climes of Iceland, lies the town of Akureyri. While it may be a bit ...

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For a country whose entire population is roughly half that of a midsize American city like Dayton, Ohio, there’s a surprising amount of music within Iceland’s borders. Sure, there are big names like ...

Something unusual is taking shape on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula next summer. From August 11 to 15, 2026, Iceland Eclipse is ...

Inside a top-floor recreation room at the Elliheimilið Grund, a retirement home for the elderly in downtown Reykjavík, the 25th annual Iceland Airwaves festival officially kicked off on Friday, ...

With contributions from Ingrid Örk Kjartansdóttir and Freysteinn Gislason. Iceland, a country of roughly 400,000 inhabitants in the North Atlantic Ocean, is known for its music, with notable artists ...

Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson is set to be the next internationally known band from Iceland, following in the footsteps of Björk, Sigur Rós, and Of Monsters and Men. He rewrote and recorded his 2012 debut ...

Initially launched as a one-off event in an airplane hanger back in 1999, Iceland Airwaves, the world’s most northern music festival takes place each year in downtown Reykjavík. This year the fest ...

Bjork is known for selling chart-topping albums and outlandish fashion, but now she can add “venture capitalist” to her resume. The singer helped start a venture fund for Icelandic companies ...

Mounted high on the wall in Elín Hall’s Reykjavík kitchen is a pair of white horns, picked up from a Red Cross thrift store in the city. They’re a nod to her grandfather, who once shot a reindeer by ...