I hand the agent my brottfarerspjald, step on board Icelandair Flight 642 and make my way to Seat 30A. Just before takeoff, a tall, blond, blue-eyed flight attendant, who might have been a recent Miss ...

William Ecenbarger was a longtime reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer. I hand the agent my brottfarerspjald, step on board Icelandair Flight 642. Just before takeoff, the flight attendant stands ...

This video shows tourists tackling - and failing miserably - to crack what has been dubbed the ‘hardest karaoke song in the world’. The tongue-twisting sing-a-long – which is similar to Monty Python’s ...

There’s a saying in Iceland that’s sort of the country’s unofficial motto: Þetta reddast (sounds like “thetta rettast”). Like so many Icelandic words there isn’t a direct translation into English, but ...

An Icelandic archaeologist believes that Gaelic-speaking settlers from Ireland and Scotland had a profound impact on Iceland's language, landscape, and literature. Thorvaldur Fridriksson's new book ...

You have a nice day of skiing, even though it's as cold as the tundra. Maybe you wish there were a geyser to dive into, but at least there's a sauna. And then it's time to reload at the smorgasbord.