Iceland
‘I’m like the police in the shower’: The local fighting to protect her neighbourhood pool
In Iceland, the lifestyle enjoyed by locals around their public pools is so special, it’s been given new UNESCO recognition. And with that: new headaches.
- Amelia Nierenberg
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor leaked confidential Treasury briefing to banker friend
The former prince, who was then Britain’s trade envoy, suggested the information might be useful “before you make your move”.
- Poppy Wood, Neil Johnston and Isabel Oakeshott
- Analysis
- Trump diplomacy
Trump’s Biden moment on world stage as he repeatedly calls Greenland ‘Iceland’
If the Europeans want to play hardball, they can always say to the US president: “You want Greenland so badly? You couldn’t even get its name right.”
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Travel tips
Forget art galleries: If I want culture overseas, here’s where I go
Forget galleries with steep admission prices and long entry queues. The most interesting gallery you can visit in any city is completely free.
- Lee Tulloch
Car-sized boulders no match for lava as officials race to evacuate fishing village
Residents of a mostly abandoned village in Iceland refused to leave their homes even as molten rock broke through barriers set up to protect them.
- Bronte Gossling
Ranked and rated: Which Scandinavian country is the best destination?
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland or Greenland? We compare the contenders across five categories to help you decide which to visit.
- Sarah Marshall
Spectacular Iceland volcano eruption raises pollution fears
Fountains of glowing molten rock shot into the night sky when the volcano first erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula.
- Isabelle Yr Carlsson and Tom Little
- Opinion
- Column 8
Cross words for the PM
While we wait on the Speaker of the (smallest room in the) House.
- Review
- Video games
Xbox sequel raises the bar for audio, immersion and mental health in video games
Like a visually stunning eight-hour TV series, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is a 10th century Viking adventure following a warrior who lives with psychosis.
- Tim Biggs