Iceland Travel News

Named as one of Lonely Planet's best value destinations of 2010, Iceland is a great place to set foot on a European outpost.

An exhibition with the work of one of the foremost Icelandic fashion designers, Steinunn Sigurdardottir, opens in Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstadir today at 4 pm.

Taxes will be raised at the beginning of next year, as the government announced yesterday.

Gullfoss is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvita river in southwest Iceland.

Icelandair, Iceland's most popular air company, have launched a Northern Lights package deal for those who wish to view the wonders of the Aurora Borealis this winter.

Integrity is the value which the estimated 1,400 attendees of Iceland's first National Assembly, held in Laugardalsholl sports arena in Reykjavik on Saturday, mentioned most often as society's most important value.

In the heart of downtown Reykjavik sits a freshly painted pink building. The innards of the two-story metal structure have been gutted to make way for smooth concrete floors, diamond white walls and racks of clothing from Icelandic retailer, Nikita.

Getty Images In our new travel column, Jolie Hunt - who has already travelled 100,000 miles this year - reports from the world's dream destinations.

International investors' service Moody's announced yesterday that it has lowered the credit rating for the Icelandic state by two levels.

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.