Tourists evacuated as Volcano erupts in European holiday hotspot
BREAKING Tourists have been evacuated from a holiday hotspot after a volcano erupted from a one kilometre fissure causing magma flows and smoke plumes. The famous tourist location of the Blue Lagoon Spa in Iceland has had to be evacuated as well as the nearby town Grindavik. Magma and smoke spewed from a one kilometre […]
1 year ago
Iceland boss breaks rules as he reduces price of baby formula
Iceland boss Richard Walker is making headlines after he revealed he broke the law to reduce the cost of baby formula in stores. Walker is calling for the UK’s advertising laws to change after his supermarket chain made the decision to reduce the cost of 13 branded formulas by up to 20%. Iceland has launched […]
3 years ago
What the Yule Book Flood is and why I’m adding it to our Christmas traditions
Jólabókaflóðið or the Yule Book Flood is the exchanging of books on Christmas eve and is a tradition I’ll happily get on board with. The annual tradition which began in Iceland during the Second World War, first occured due to foreign imports being heavily restricted, but products like paper being cheap. The Christmas tradition is part […]
5 years ago
One of Iceland’s glaciers has been lost and this is the legacy we leave for our kids
Climate change took a huge victim with it this month. One of Iceland’s glaciers has deteriorated so much due to climate change that it has officially lost its status as a glacier. A plaque marking the loss of Okjökull is to be unveiled in August and it makes for very bleak reading. The plaque contains […]
7 years ago
Icelandic officials are urging parents to vaccinate amid measles outbreak
Authorities in Iceland are asking parents to make sure that their children are vaccinated. This comes as the country finds itself among the many countries experiencing a measles outbreak. Several cases of the infection have been discovered in both adults and children. Officials are encouraging anyone who has not received their full immunisations to do […]
8 years ago
Civil Defence join search for Icelandic father-of-four missing in Ireland
The Civil Defence has now joined the search for an Icelandic man missing in Ireland. Jón Jonsson and his girlfriend Jana arrived in Ireland over three weeks ago but only a day and a half into their trip Jón vanished without a trace. Mr Jonsson is believed to have been carrying a substantial amount of money on him […]
8 years ago