A few craftsman in Iceland still practice the technique of building with turf, a tradition believed to date to the ninth century settlement of Europe's most sparsely-populated country. With walls and ...

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Known as "torfbæir", these ingeniously designed homes helped settle one of Europe's least-hospitable environments. With its lonely lava fields, sheer bluffs and stark boulder-strewn plains, Iceland is ...

ÖÖD Hekla Horizon is bringing seven new mirrored homes to the south of Iceland. Iceland continues to be a popular destination for travelers. The tiny island nation had a record-breaking year for ...

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 an ...

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 are ...

Burfell, Iceland: In the Thjorsardalur valley in Iceland's southern highlands, the first green shoots are starting to sprout up from the browned grass, until recently covered by a thick blanket of ...