From remote fjords to steaming hot springs, this peaceful country offers travelers a rare kind of serenity where nature and ...

Many artists have captured this in paintings, photography, and design—photographer Anna Isabella Christensen (above left) is ...

To truly understand the deep-rooted drinking culture of Iceland, you have to go back to the Viking Age, 874 AD, when Norse settlers first brought their love for mead and ale to the uninhabited ...

Forget galleries with steep admission prices and long entry queues. The most interesting gallery you can visit in any city is ...

In times when several parts of the world are going through crisis, be it state-based wars, ongoing conflicts, terrorism or just economic crisis, the 2025 Global Peace Index (GPI), published by the ...

Our world is dotted with some incredible countries which have unique names, landscapes, and cultural heritage. But some of ...

The Global Peace Index (GPI) ranks countries using 23 indicators, from militarisation and external conflicts to homicide and ...

On the 2022 list, the United States earned 129th place. On the topic of peace, Jóhannesson spoke about gun laws, contrasting Iceland’s gun culture with laws in the United States.

Christianization was an important and traumatic event that became embedded in the cultural memory of Icelanders. Through the reconstruction of this event in historical narratives, there was an ongoing ...