In Icelandic weddings, it's a tradition for the bride to wear a beautiful and elaborately decorated crown or headdress. This ...

Locals are at a point of reckoning – how to balance traditional practices with contemporary realities. Read more at ...

Every year around Christmastime a meme always circles my social media about a tradition in Iceland: Jólabókaflóð. The meme ...

Ancient, repurposed parchments reveal hidden and forgotten traces of Iceland’s history. Iceland has a long and rich literary ...

Iceland's Jólabókaflóð, or 'Yule Book Flood', celebrates Christmas Eve with book gifting, creating a cosy night of reading ...

Throughout the world, people continue to practice many different holiday traditions that go back centuries; let’s take a look ...

This is part of a weekly series on our region’s history coordinated by the Trumbull County Historical Society. Did ...

It’s about keeping in touch with cultural tradition.” This same sentiment, he says, is reflected in many realms of Icelandic life. “What is being an Icelander? Part of it is the history ...

Today, the 13 brothers are said to leave presents in well-behaved youngsters’ shoes. But they used to be depicted as frightening monsters ...

Icelanders are at a point of reckoning – how to balance traditional practices with contemporary realities. Read more at ...