This country is so beautiful that stunned foreigners often cause accidents.

A country of just 330,000 people, Iceland has registered an average of just 1.8 murders per year since 2001. Now a young woman's death has gripped the nation.

A mighty wave towering 19 metres at a remote spot between Britain and Iceland has become the highest ever recorded.

An Icelandic volcano brought much of the world's air travel to a halt. And then it brought the world to Iceland.

A Pirate victory in Iceland this week would add to a string of once-impossible election results in the West.

The frenzy started with a volcanic eruption and a killer marketing campaign. There have definitely been some growing pains.

Construction workers in Iceland have been forced to unearth a magical rock to appease "angry elves" blamed for a series of mishaps.

There could be a dramatic reduction in the number of Airbnb rentals in Iceland if a new law is passed this week.

At a whopping $1.45 million a ticket, Iceland's Secret Solstice Festival has got to be the most expensive party ever.

When it comes to Icelandic spa etiquette, it's all about heads, armpits, crotch and toes.

Drunk and disorderly air passengers are such a problem in Iceland that there's even a word for them.

A jetlagged US man was trying to get from the airport to his hotel, but instead a small spelling mistake sent him on a 430km journey across Iceland.

The doughnut franchise has just opened a store in Reykjavik, almost six years after McDonald's closed its Iceland restaurants.

Hike on a lava flow in the morning, ascend a glacier in the afternoon, and after a night of club-hopping enjoy a Northern Lights spectacle.

Newsmaker Eyjafjallajokull is now a tourist attraction, discovers Julia Waeschenbach.

The 94-year-old Wellington veteran received the honour at French Ambassador Laurent Contini's home in Thorndon tonight.

Auckland commuters stuck in motorway traffic might spare a thought for meatworkers who travel more than 17,000km to work in Iceland each year.

Infra-red technology to help aircraft detect volcanic ash is to go into commercial production, allowing planes to see ash 96.54kms ahead.

After the surreal volcanic delights of the island's remote north, Sankha Guha goes whale watching, warms up in a thermal pool and catches a glimpse of the elfin pop diva.

Police in Iceland say they have shot dead a gunman - the first time armed police have shot and killed someone in the nation.

Icelanders spend their weekend making up for lost drinking time, finds Kevin Pilley.

Iceland is now considering becoming the first democracy in the Western world to try to ban online pornography.

The threat of volcanic eruption has done wonders for tourism in Iceland.

Tom Cruise's lawyer speaks out, saying that he hopes the actor's divorce from Katie Holmes goes smoothly.

In what space weather forecasters have called the most potent solar storm since 2004, the Northern Lights' colourful display was stronger than usual, leaving spectators in awe of the shimmering skies above North America and Europe.