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Finns to consume record amount of chocolate this Christmas
More chocolate will be sold this festive season in Finland than ever before, the Food and Drink Industries Federation has revealed. The organisation has said 16 million kilos of chocolate and chocolate...
View ArticleIce Skating Rink Opens Tomorrow in Reykjavík
The new ice skating rink at Ingólfstorg in downtown Reykjavík will be open starting tomorrow, December 1st. The temporary construction will be 400 meters long, covering most of the square where in the...
View ArticlePoverty in Iceland, 860 families need help this Christmas in the capital area
Eight hundred and sixty families have applied for aid in December from the Family-help organization in Reykjavik and the town of Reykjanes this year. Asgerdur Jona Flosadottir chairwoman of the...
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Images of a silent December night in Northern Iceland
There is something magical about the dark month of December in the North. The time of year when Christmas lights of different kinds illuminate the environment and mother nature adds its final touch...
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Christmas Creatures of Reykjavík released
Mayor of Reykjavík Jón Gnarr presided over the launch of the “Christmas Creatures of Reykjavík” event which is already delighting children of all ages in Reykjavík city centre and nearby Laugardalur....
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Christmas goat sacrificed already
As is an unofficial Christmas tradition, a 13-metre straw goat has already succumbed to arsonists in an eastern Swedish town. The Gävlebocken, which has been erected in Gävle’s main square every...
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Slippery Swedes branded butter bandits
Two Swedish men have been apprehended by Norwegian police after they were caught smuggling butter across the border in the hope of profiting from the ongoing Norwegian shortage. The slippery characters...
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Rich families try to nab Xmas aid
Charities donating goods to poor Danish families this Christmas say they have rejected thousands of bogus applications from well-off households. One request came from a couple who had just returned...
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