According to the calendar and the millions of puffins, golden plovers, and other migratory birds who have reached Icelandic shores, we’re supposed to officially be in summer. Yet in the past few weeks the weather here in Iceland seems to have completely different ideas, jumping one day from winter to spring the next day… only to return […] More
In 2014 there were 90 electric vehicles in all of Iceland, fast forward to 2018 and there are now over 6,000 registered electric vehicles in the country. This incredible rise in the number of electric cars, and Iceland’s abundance of renewable energy such as geothermal and hydropower, has many believing that the Nordic nation can […] More
Strongman Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (also known as Thor) is mostly known for playing The Mountain on Game of Thrones, but he’s been a giant on the strongman scene for quite a while now. The 29-year-old has won the title of Europe’s Strongest Man four times as well as having won the Arnold Strongman Classic earlier […] More
According to the latest figures from Statistics Iceland, the population of Iceland has for the first time in history topped the 350,000 people mark. The official numbers for the end of the 1st quarter of 2018 put Iceland’s population at 350,710, comprised of 178,980 men and 171,730 women. 64% of the total population (224,000 people) […] More
The Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) will be revealing tomorrow the all new national football kit that will be worn by the Icelandic national football team in the upcoming FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia. To tease the launch, KSÍ created this video showcasing the complete history of the Icelandic team’s kit over the last […] More
A few million people pass through Keflavík International Airport every year and are greeted with a wide range of ads for all types of Icelandic products, hotels, restaurants and activities. But for one bearded gentleman, a massive ad painted on the wall for clothing company 66°North seemed like it was specifically aimed at him as the […] More
To say it’s been snowing quite a bit in Iceland lately would be quite the understatement. In fact, we here at Iceland Wonder were thinking about it earlier today and we’ve completely lost count of just how many days in a row it’s been snowing for. This weekend’s massive snow storm dumped so much snow […] More
The landscapes of Iceland and Icelandic actors featured prominently in an ad for Dodge Ram that aired during halftime of Super Bowl LII. The ad starts along the coast of Iceland where pickup driving vikings board an authentic looking viking longship while a fast-paced version of Queen’s “We Will Rock You” gets them pumped-up. Their […] More
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