Iceland Travel News

Visiting Mecca, virtually Monday, Nov. 02, 2009 08:06PM EST The annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca begins later this month and health authorities across the Muslim world fear it could greatly increase the spread of swine flu.

The destinations which will provide travellers with the best value holidays next year, according to Lonely Planet.

F&M Trust's GO Club, a travel club for seniors, recently undertook a trip to Iceland -- a place that might not head most people's list of places they would like to go.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland: Noisy crowds, long queues, and traffic jams plunged McDonald's restaurants in Iceland into a state of siege on Saturday, as the chain served its final burgers on the island.

To the west, the sun is setting, low and red. To the east, a heavy orange moon inches above the shattered volcanoes on the horizon.

The journey begins at the trails of the settlers in the 9th century and leads though the nation's 1,200-year history to modern times.

Iceland Express, which currently operates flights between Reykjavik and about two dozen cities in Europe, will be coming to Newark International Airport in June .

Covenant College alumna Elizabeth Tubergen '08 was awarded a U.S. Fulbright Student Scholarship to Iceland.

Reykjavik, with its endless summer daylight, long winter nights, glaciers, waterfalls and geysers, is a photographer's paradise and a great holiday destination.

Bridging the Brooklyn-Reykjavik jazz divide with European elegance and a fiery, New York drive.

Blue Lagoon spa meets the what-were headquarters of Kaupthing on BorgartAon, the embassy is probably bigger than any building on the homeland.

When I arrived this summer at Keflavik International Airport, about 30 miles west of Reykjavik, the capital, I expected to see a devastated country.

By Billy Cooper Gavin Hunt, one of the three coaches mandated to assess Bafana Bafana's performances in their two friendly matches against Norway in Olso on Saturday and Iceland in Reykjavik next Tuesday stressed that national head coach Joel Santana's job was not on the line from the trio.

Bathers soak in the mineral rich waters of Iceland's Blue Lagoon, near Reykjavik.

In his ongoing effort to make us forget he was in any films in 2008, Mark Wahlberg is in discussions to star in a remake of the award-winning Icelandic film, "Reykjavik-Rotterdam".A Winner of five Edda Awards , the film is Iceland's submission to the Academy to be one of the five films nominated for Best Foreign Film.A According to THR , the story ...

While their non-stop service to Iceland from the Twin Cities is seasonal and will end in later this month, Icelandair's newly announced fall and winter airfares from New York and Boston are definitely worth consideration.

Albania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha gave an impassioned speech this weekend to the UN General Assembly appealing for more countries to recognise Kosovo's independence.

Minister of Social Affairs Arni Pall Arnason presented ideas on debt relief for homeowners at the Interest Group of Households yesterday, which involve that the capital of mortgages remains indexed but down payments will be connected to the wage index.

The "American Idol" phenomenon has managed to stretch itself all over the world, even to Iceland.

A SURVEY suggests that Britons looking for good-value holidays should head for Eastern Europe.