A traditional turf roof blankets a wooden house in Iceland. Photograph by Danita Delimont, Getty Images In 1918, Iceland gained independence from Denmark, setting in motion a wave of nationalism ...

When Norse sailors first spotted the island, Iceland was roughly 30% forested, a low coverage compared to elsewhere in Scandinavia at the time. With limited timber, materials for building houses ...

In this video, we explore an abandoned turf house in Iceland that looks like it’s straight from a fantasy novel. Built in the ...

Residents of a fishing village in Iceland are waiting to find out if they’ll ever be able to return, after a volcano sent rivers of lava precariously close to their homes. Multiple houses were ...

A looming volcanic eruption in Iceland has already "ripped the whole landscape apart" in the small fishing town of Grindavik, said a nature photographer who has spent a lot of time there. "Houses ...

A dozen more houses are likely to be in its path. This is the first devastating eruption in Iceland since January 23, 1973, when, two days after an earthquake, Eldfell – Icelandic for "mountain ...

Houses have caught fire in the fishing town of Grindavík in southwest Iceland after a volcano erupted for the second time in less than a month. Two fissures formed near the town on Sunday after ...