Iceland has a lot of weather. It's essential to have important information to hand. We've gathered some vital links here with everything you need, in English - bookmark and share this page, and have it handy. ruv.is/english/2024-02-02-vi…

How expensive is travel from rural Iceland to the capital? ruv.is/english/2026-10-27-ho…

50 more staff to be made redundant by Reykjavík City, as the capital's council cuts another 74 full-time-equivalent positions. ruv.is/english/2026-10-27-50…

Yesterday marked 40 years since the consecration of Hallgrímskirkja, the largest church in Iceland and the tallest building in Reykjavík. ruv.is/english/2026-10-27-40…

A professor of sociology says changes to Loftbrú will not address the real problems facing people in rural Iceland, who can find themselves paying tens of thousands of krónur for flights booked at short notice. He proposes a new approach. ruv.is/english/2026-10-27-ca…

The headteacher of Laugalækjarskóli says there is uncertainty about what grades mean and how to ensure consistency between schools but believes it is too late to abandon the changes. ruv.is/english/2026-10-27-un…

Salmon mortality at sea-based fish farms was unusually high in September. ruv.is/english/2026-10-27-mo…

"Just one plane and you're in China", said a passenger travelling from Keflavík to Beijing on the first direct flight from the airport. China's ambassador says the new service will transform relations between the two countries. ruv.is/english/2026-10-27-di…

Most who submitted comments on plans to reduce the maximum term of index-linked mortgages to 25 years agree that reducing the role of indexation is sensible. However, they believe the government's plans are not the right way to achieve this. ruv.is/english/2026-10-27-co…

Police were called after two young men jumped into the Skjálfandafljót river at Goðafoss, apparently on Sep 20. Instagram account Íslenskt Rugl shared the video yesterday, and said it had been sent to them, but that they didn't know who filmed it.

Watsu - water shiatsu - is a form of passive aquatic bodywork and hydrotherapy - and are there many better places than Iceland to practice such an activity? ruv.is/english/2026-10-26-ru…

A borehole was drilled to a depth of over one and a half kilometres at Grundartangi, to investigate whether the geological formations are suitable for storing carbon dioxide. ruv.is/english/2026-10-26-ex…

Bus services to be reduced from 1 December ruv.is/english/2026-10-26-bu…

Police in Suðurnes plan to launch an operation tomorrow to try to find the body of Lúðvík Pétursson. He fell into a fissure that had formed in Grindavík. ruv.is/english/2026-10-26-se…

Sexual violence support group: outrage over Court of Appeal ruling 'understandable' - eight thousand people have signed a petition calling for a review of how sexual violence cases are handled. ruv.is/english/2026-10-26-se…

A librarian says a proposal by the majority on Reykjavík City Council's Culture Committee to review the operation of the city's libraries seems contradictory. ruv.is/english/2026-10-26-va…

Residents of Selfoss have gained a new cultural venue after volunteers spent a year and a half transforming a potato storage building dating from 1952 into an arts and cultural centre. ruv.is/english/2026-10-26-se…

Construction of a new heating plant, where wood pellets will be burned to heat schools and sports facilities in Reyðarfjörður, is well advanced. ruv.is/english/2026-10-26-wo…

External review commissioned into Borgarfjörður substation accident ruv.is/english/2026-10-26-ex…

A representative of Iceland's delegation to Norðurlandaráð (Nordic Council) says security and defence will be in focus at its session this week. She says it is vital to coordinate efforts. ruv.is/english/2026-10-26-im…

More than 46,000 salmon were caught in Iceland's angling rivers this summer, an increase of 35% compared with last year. ruv.is/english/2026-10-26-sa…