Europe Iceland Around 300.000 tourists are expected to arrive in Ísafjörður next summer via cruise ships, a number of tourists equal to ten times the population of the city
Europe Iceland Icelanders read or listen to an average of 2,4 books per month and almost one third of the population reads pages of a book every day or more often, according to the results of a survey on the nation's attitude to reading
Europe Iceland In 2022, blood was taken from 4.141 mares to produce the hormone eCG/PMSG, a total of around 24.000 times in 90 establishments; the amount of blood collected was a quarter less than in 2021 due to a decrease of breeders performing transfusions
Europe Iceland Hrafnhildur Ólöf Ólafsdóttir, nurse and head of Reykjavík's working group on homelessness, said that after the increase in use of homeless shelters in the last 2 years, the system is no longer able to cope with the high demand
Europe Iceland Arctic Circle and Icelandair have signed a cooperation agreement to promote Iceland as an international centre for northern and environmental issues
Europe Iceland The increase in tattoos has been 9% since 2018 and now 29% of Icelanders have a tattoo, while it was 20% in 2018, according to a recent Gallup survey; women are more likely to have tattoos than men, almost 33% on 24%
Europe Iceland The country drops one place and now ranks 5th out of 169 nations in the Social Progress Index, conducted by the independent non-profit organism Social Progress Imperative
Europe Iceland Approximately 90 employees are needed for Reykjavík's kindergartens to be considered fully staffed; the staffing problem is one of the biggest challenges for kindergartens
Europe Iceland Sampling magma from the Fagradalsfjall volcano, Matthew Jackson and his team discovered a much more dynamic process than assumed in the two centuries scientists have been studying volcanoes, changing knowledge of how they actually work
Europe Iceland After unusual cold weather and abundant rainfall in July and August, meteorologists finally announced the late arrival of the Icelandic summer, with good weather expected over the coming days, and may even last a few weeks
Europe Iceland Almost 700 children aged 12 months and up are currently on the waiting list for a place in Reykjavík's kindergartens, with parents protesting to find childcare during the working day
Europe Iceland HBO is in the country preparing to shoot for season 4 of True Detective: Night Country; the series was given the green light last May, with a likely premiere in 2023
Europe Iceland Over ten thousand earthquakes have been detected since the series of earthquakes started at noon on Saturday, confirming a lot of seismic activity in the Reykjanes peninsula over the weekend