Five years ago he and his wife opened the shop in Grindavik, a coastal town of 3,800 people about 50 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of Iceland's capital, Reykjavik. Business was good. Then the ...

The Westfjords and the Highlands offer surreal terrains with dramatic glaciers, ice caves, and volcanos. Here, travel advisor ...

Whether you visit Iceland in winter to see the Northern Lights or bask in the summer’s midnight sun, you’ll also soak up the ...

Volcanoes are nature's most dramatic rocks, and while their eruptions can be awe-inspiring, they also pose serious threats to ...

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Vignir Kristinsson smiles as two women, the only customers all morning, enter his gift shop filled with handmade things of oak. After perusing decorations ranging from ...

A 2023 volcanic eruption forced 3,700 residents to flee Grindavík. Now, visitors can join guided tours of the ghost town to witness nature's power first hand.

Our first trip outside the country’s capital takes us to the place where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates meet. They drift in opposite directions by roughly 1 to 2 centimetres every ...

Some predict the glaciers will vanish in two centuries, which could upset the volcanoes below, causing them to erupt more frequently, more violently or both ...

Grindavík, a small fishing town on Iceland’s southern coast, lost everything in a single night in November 2023. Magma forced ...

Scientists confirm first-ever mosquito discovery in Iceland after unprecedented heat raises concern over shifting climate and ...

New research suggests that this mystery platinum signature underneath the Greenland ice sheet may have originated from a volcanic fissure eruption in Iceland, not space.

Vignir Kristinsson manages a smile as two women, his only customers all morning, browse the handmade oak creations in his Grindavik gift shop. After one purchases a small, black-stained tree, the ...