When the University of Iceland got its first computer in 1964, Icelandic did not have a word for “computer.” So the guardians of the language invented one: tölva—a fusion of tala (number) and völva ...

I hand the agent my brottfarerspjald, step on board Icelandair Flight 642 and make my way to Seat 30A. Just before takeoff, a tall, blond, blue-eyed flight attendant, who might have been a recent Miss ...

In an effort to counteract all the negative financial and volcano press, Iceland has launched a totally endearing PR campaign titled “Iceland Wants to Be Your Friend.” And friends teach each other fun ...

One of the most vivid snapshots of my early years in Iceland is from an unusually mundane location: a board meeting at the male-dominated software startup where I worked in Reykjavík in 2003. Nothing ...

This video shows tourists tackling - and failing miserably - to crack what has been dubbed the ‘hardest karaoke song in the world’. The tongue-twisting sing-a-long – which is similar to Monty Python’s ...