The Latest Breaking News from Iceland

Puma have dropped some serious heat with their Euro 2025 shirts

Portugal, Switzerland and Iceland have all seen their latest jerseys released ahead of this summer's Euros

FourFourTwo · May 16, 2025

Ultra-swimmer inspired by Thor actor Chris Hemsworth to take on Iceland swim

Ross Edgley said the challenge will be the ‘closest thing yet to swimming around Asgard’ as he plans to swim 1,000 miles around the island.

The Independent UK · May 15, 2025

Which Iceland stores are set to close this summer?

The latest closures mean that the frozen food retailer will have shut over 20 stores since the beginning of 2023

Evening Standard · May 14, 2025

‘Fighting with nature’: Iceland’s Grindavík play again after 18-month seismic gap

The town was ripped apart and the economy decimated. But now the football club will make an emotional return

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2025

Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent review – absorbing memoir brings Iceland to life

The Burial Rites author traces her abiding love affair with the country that inspired both her award-winning debut and her brilliant literary career

The Guardian - AU · May 8, 2025

Rio’s record, giant dogs and a psychic crocodile – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2025

Want to work remotely from an EU country this summer? These are the visas you'll need

Working remotely in a vibrant foreign location could be the way to spice up your summer

Evening Standard · May 7, 2025

EVE Online studio CCP is making a medieval-style tome of epic poetry inked with the blood of players to commemorate the game: 'It turns out, to store information, a really good way is to take blood and write on calfskin'

CCP is giving most of the fan blood to the Blood Bank of Iceland, while keeping some to write a calfskin illuminated manuscript about EVE Online.

PC Gamer · May 3, 2025

Kevin McCloud's guide to Akureyri and intrepid Iceland

The Grand Designs presenter heads to the far north, where ferocious waterfalls and elemental beauty await

Evening Standard · May 3, 2025

Hannah Kent: ‘I was kind of having a second adolescence’

The acclaimed writer on Iceland, euphoria and how a box of her own teenage writings made her reckon with the story she had told about herself

The Guardian - AU · May 2, 2025