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RÚV English Radio Episode 711 - (DOUBLE) AUÐSKILIÐ - BABIES, AND ANOTHER BABY: in simple IcelandicToday on RÚV English Radio, some more bite-sized Icelandic language learning, in this week's new episode of Auðskilið. Each week, as part of our regular programming, RÚV English Radio hopes to assist with the learning of Icelandic. In weekly shows, called Auðskilið - which means "easily understood" - you can follow along with a recent news story, written and read in a simple form of Icelandic. After its unscheduled absence last week, today's special double episode, with two different stories, about babies in the news! The links to the text are here: https://www.ruv.is/audski...

2025-11-1323 min

Mannlegi þátturinn Þjóðræknisþing, Valdimar og mannleg samskipti og Uppskriftabókin á RÚVNæsta sunnudag stendur Þjóðræknisfélag Íslendinga fyrir Þjóðræknisþingi í Reykjavík, en markmið félagsins er að efla tengsl, samhyggð og samstarf milli Íslendinga heima og erlendis, fólk af íslenskum ættum í Norður-Ameríku. Guðrún Ágústsdóttir, formaður félagsins og Pála Hallgrímsdóttir sem er í stjórn félagsins komu í þáttinn og sögðu okkur betur frá þinginu og félaginu. Valdimar Þór Svavarsson ráðgjafi mun vera með okkur á fimmtudögum í haust með það sem við köllum Mannleg samskipti. Við kynntumst Valdimari í dag og hvar hans reynsla liggur og fórum með honum yfir það sem hann...

2025-09-0452 min

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2025-09-0452 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 602 - VIKING FESTIVAL 2025, HAFNARFJÖRÐURToday, RÚV English Radio looks at the 28th Viking Festival, just starting in Hafnarfjörður. The Viking Festival in Hafnarfjörður (https://www.facebook.com/events/478433881296611/?active_tab=discussion) starts today, June 13, running to June 18. The festival is at Víðistaðatún Park (https://maps.app.goo.gl/7epc3CiuwVHfePdZ6) and offers a variety of activities including battle reenactments, a medieval market, and traditional food. Darren spoke to Salka Jóhannsdóttir from Viking group Rimmugýgur (https://www.facebook.com/rimmugygur), who are behind the festival. (This is not the first visit RÚV English Radio has mad...

2025-06-1310 min

Mannlegi þátturinn Mýrdalshlaupið, nýr veðurvefur á ruv.is og Baugur BjólfsMýrdalshlaupið hefur tryggt sér sess meðal bestu og stærstu utanvegahlaupaviðburða á Íslandi síðustu ár og fer nú fram í 12. skipti þann 31. maí að Vík í Mýrdal. Allt skipulag og utanumhald hlaupsins er í höndum einnar fjölskyldu frá Vík og hlaupið er ræst í fjörunni í Vík og hlaupa allir keppendur upp á Reynisfjall vestan við þorpið þar sem leiðir skilja. Hlaupið er eitt mest krefjandi utanvegahlaup á Íslandi vegna mikillar hækkunar og lækkunar, mikils bratta og fjölbreytts undirlags. Guðni Páll Pálsson, einn af skipuleggjendunum og meðlimur fjölskyldunnar sem stendur að hlaupinu, k...

2025-05-1550 min

2025-05-1554 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 578 - HEIMSKVIÐUR: BAIBEEvery week, the foreign news desk at RÚV produces a radio programme, Heimskviður, about foreign affairs and world events. Here on RÚV English Radio we strive to bring not just Iceland but RÚV to the world in English, and many of the interviews that are recorded for Heimskviður happen in English. Occasionally here you can hear some of those interviews, in full. No one should ever have to be alone, say the founders of a new app that allows users to connect with AI partners. Swedes Eva Leach and Gabriel Sabadin have worked in the tech...

2025-04-2812 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 560 - BELONGING?Today on RÚV English Radio, the comedy show returning to Kópavogur this Friday. Belonging? (https://tix.is/event/19011/belonging) sees six award winning and (mostly) foreign-born comedians as they explore the funny, strange and beautiful parts of immigrant life in Iceland. The show is at Salurinn in Kópavogur. Darren met Korean-American comedian & writer Dan Roh, and from the UK, Andrew Sim, festival director of the Reykjavik Fringe, stand-up comic, and previous guest on RÚV English Radio (https://www.ruv.is/english/2024-06-11-ruv-english-radio-rvk-fringe-415416) RÚV English Radio is heard freely around the world and in Icela...

2025-04-0219 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 557 - VÆB ON RÚV ENGLISH RADIOToday, RÚV English Radio welcomes VÆB! The brothers VÆB are Iceland's Eurovision hopefuls this year. Darren spoke to them on Monday, and he put your questions to Hálfdán and Matthías. Since they talked, it was confirmed that VÆB will open the contest, as the first performers in the first semi-final (https://www.ruv.is/english/2025-03-28-iceland-to-open-eurovision-vaeb-interview-on-ruv-english-radio-today-440020). Hear what they thought about that possibility, and much more, here! RÚV English Radio is heard freely around the world and in Iceland, and covers everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places...

2025-03-2837 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 554 - FLATEYRI LITERARY FESTIVAL 2025Today on RÚV English Radio, an exciting literary festival kicking off this week in the Westfjords. The Flateyri Literary Festival 2025 (https://www.karibautgafa.com/hatid) will take place in Flateyri from March 27th to 30th. It offers a 100% free programme for both adults and children. The programme is in Icelandic, Polish and English. Darren welcomes organiser Helen Cova back to RÚV English Radio (https://www.ruv.is/english/2023-09-18-the-ruv-english-podcast-icelandic-art-goes-to-the-moon-391928) to hear more. RÚV English Radio can be heard freely around the world and in Iceland, and covers everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, peo...

2025-03-2510 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 513 - WHERE IS JÓN?Today on RÚV English Radio, a new podcast that seeks to solve the mystery of a missing Icelander. Jón Þröstur Jónsson, a family man in his early forties, has not been seen or heard from since he left a hotel in Dublin six years ago. In a new podcast series about Jón’s disappearance, Hvar Er Jón? (Where is Jón?), RÚV's Anna Marsibil Clausen, and Liam O’Brien, from Irish public broadcaster RTÉ, try to shed light on what happened. Darren spoke to Liam and Anna about the podcast, and their investigation. (On this page...

2025-01-2718 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 493 - AROUND ICELAND WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIORÚV English Radio regularly travels around the country to find interesting stories. Today, some of the shows we made in 2024, in Akureyri, Grundarfjörður, Hellisheiðarvirkjun, Garður, Stykkishólmur, Sauðanes, Egilsstaðir, Drangsnes, Norðurdalur in Fljótsdalur, and Sturlureykir. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this episode and all our previous daily English shows and podcasts on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast place. Subscribe too, to never miss a show. Hear a new program...

2024-12-3058 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 492 - AUÐSKILIÐ - IT'S ALMOST NEW YEAR, in simple IcelandicToday on RÚV English Radio, a new episode of Auðskilið. Bjarni joins Darren again to read a news story in simple Icelandic. We look ahead to the new year celebrations! As ever, you can practice your Icelandic by following along with the text here: Á gamlárskvöld skýtur fólk upp flugeldum og kveikir brennur. Þá er líka Áramótaskaupið í sjónvarpinu. Gamlárskvöld er gaman á Íslandi. Fólk skýtur upp flugeldum og fer á brennur. Sum bæjarfélög skipuleggja stórar flugelda-sýningar. Margt fólk skýtur líka upp flugeldum heima hjá sér. Klukkan 10:30 að kvöld...

2024-12-2712 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 480 - ROUNDSTONE: THE NEW SINGLEToday on RÚV English Radio, welcome back to Dominic Scott, a.k.a. Roundstone. We last spoke to Dominic ahead of his first gig for fifteen years, back in March (https://www.ruv.is/english/2024-03-15-ruv-english-radio-roundstone-at-mengi-407326) - now Roundstone have released a new single, called "If You Got A Minute" (https://open.spotify.com/track/7gZLDdfvCvTQjBCv5pYWFD?si=745692a87afe4831) Darren met Dominic to hear more. RÚV English Radio covers everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more - in English. Find this and all previous daily English shows & podcasts here - ht...

2024-12-1110 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 475 - FROM RÚV's FOREIGN DESK: CAMPAIGNS AGAINST FEMICIDEThe foreign news desk here at RÚV produces a radio programme about foreign affairs, Heimskviður. It is broadcast on Rás 1 on Saturday afternoons. Many of the interviews that are recorded for Heimskviður happen in English, and occasionally here on RÚV English Radio you'll have the chance to hear some of those interviews, in full. RÚV's Birta Björnsdóttir spoke to Lexi Topping from UK newspaper The Guardian, about their and other campaigns about femicide: women killed at the hands of men. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, cul...

2024-12-0413 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 464 - FROM RÚV'S FOREIGN DESK: THE 1997 LEGO SPILLThe foreign news desk here at RÚV produces a radio programme about foreign affairs, Heimskviður. It is broadcast on Rás 1 on Saturday afternoons. Many of the interviews that are recorded for Heimskviður happen in English, and occasionally here on RÚV English Radio you'll have the chance to hear some of those interviews, in full. On 13th February 1997, a huge storm near the southwestern coast of the UK pushed 62 containers off the cargo ship Tokio Express. One was filled with nearly five million pieces of Lego. Writer and beachcomber Tracey Williams was among many people to start...

2024-11-1916 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 463 - ICELAND ELECTS 2024: November 18Today on RÚV English Radio, what's the state of play in the election campaign? Each Monday between now and polling day, we will take a look at where things stand in the parliamentary election campaign. Joining Darren is his RÚV colleague Stígur Helgason. Many leaders have now been quizzed on RÚV, while one party sees a high profile drop out, and another has whaling on their minds - but will it be any kind of election issue? RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and m...

2024-11-1840 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 455 - SAGA MUSICAToday on RÚV English Radio, we check back in with our friends at Saga Musica. Last year (https://www.ruv.is/utvarp/spila/ruv-english-radio/34448/a8gmen), Darren met Ásta Kristrún Ragnarsdóttir and Valgeir Guðjónsson at their Bakkastofa Culture Center (https://www.bakkastofa.com/english), and heard about their Saga Musica shows (https://www.sagamusica.com/), which feature stories from the Icelandic Sagas, set to music and words by Valgeir. Now, they've been joined by two new recruits to help keep telling the stories and playing the music - Kristrún Steingrímsdóttir and Joel Durksen. ...

2024-11-0631 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 453 - ICELAND ELECTS 2024: November 4Today on RÚV English Radio, what's the state of play in the election campaign? Each Monday between now and polling day, we will take a look at where things stand in the parliamentary election campaign. Joining Darren is his RÚV colleague Stígur Helgason. The candidates are all in place, and the first debate (https://www.ruv.is/english/2024-11-04-eleven-leaders-face-off-in-first-debate-426465) has taken place. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this episode and all our prev...

2024-11-0427 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 451 - HALLOWEEN IN REYKJAVÍKToday, RÚV English Radio celebrates Halloween, with a look at the spookier parts of the capital's centre. Environmental ethnologist Björk Bjarnadóttir conducts ghost tours of central Reykjavík, and was last on RÚV English Radio talking about folklore and wild cumin on Viðey island (https://www.ruv.is/english/2024-08-14-ruv-english-radio-folklore-and-cumin-on-videy-island-419515). Two days ago (and with a little more activity in downtown than usual due to the Nordic Council), she met Darren again, for a look at Halloween, in Iceland. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music...

2024-10-3122 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 441 - ICELAND ELECTS, AND NEW AUÐSKILIÐToday on RÚV English Radio, it's a double episode. Iceland will go to the polls for the second time this year, after electing a new President in the summer. Now, elections for a new government, and to Alþingi, the country's parliament, will take place on November 30. Darren talks to RUV's Bogi Ágústsson about the vote, and its surprising timing. Also today, a new episode of Auðskilið. Bjarni joins Darren again to read a news story in simple Icelandic. We look at the story of healthy food advice being offered. As ever, you can practice your Icelandic by fol...

2024-10-1731 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 438 - FROSTI, FAB LABS, AND FOODToday, RÚV English Radio is in Vestmannaeyjar. The Matey Seafood Festival (https://www.ruv.is/english/2024-09-02-ruv-english-radio-matey-seafood-festival-vestmannaeyjar-420984) was a big success in Vestmannaeyjar last month, but organiser Frosti Gíslason is a very busy man all year round. He also runs the town's Fab Lab (https://fablab.is/starfsstodvar/vestmannaeyjar/), an electronics and craft wonderland where anyone can book time, learn and experiment, Darren met Frosti at the Fab Lab, to find out more about what it does, and reflect on the success of the Matey festival, and the wealth of good food available on the Westman Is...

2024-10-1415 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 425 - HELLO SELFOSS!Today, RÚV English Radio looks ahead to a fun day in Selfoss. As RÚV English Radio listeners may know (https://www.ruv.is/english/2023-11-22-ruv-english-radio-fka-new-icelandersreykjanes-latest-397932), FKA, the Association of Businesswomen in Iceland (https://fka.is/english/) exists to support women as they manage and grow their business in Iceland, while its New Icelanders Committee focuses on businesswomen of foreign origin in the country. This Saturday, 28 September, the committee hosts "Hello Selfoss!", a fun day in the town for any woman in business in Iceland, who wants to meet others and find out more about the support th...

2024-09-2521 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 420 - SÖNGLEIKJASTÆLAR MEÐ BJARNI OG SIGGA EYRÚN - SONGS FROM THE MUSICALSToday, RÚV English Radio looks ahead to a big night of fun at the musicals! On Friday, at Salurinn in Kópavogur, Sigga Eyrún, Bjarni Snæbjörnsson and Karl Olgeirsson together with an orchestra will lead the audience through "true emotions, beautiful melodies and the high notes of amazing music" from famous musicals. Get your tickets here: https://tix.is/en/event/18090/songleikjast-lar-me-bjarna-og-siggu-eyrunu/ It's the first of five special shows over the next few months, and will feature special guests Hansa & Una Torfa. Darren met Bjarni and Sigga in Salurinn to hear more. (Bjarni previously guested on RÚV E...

2024-09-1811 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 410 - RÚV ORÐ LAUNCHESToday on RÚV English Radio, Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Iceland's Minister of Culture and Business Affairs, joins Darren as the RÚV ORÐ service fully launches. RÚV ORÐ is a new, free, way to learn Icelandic. Various television content from RÚV, including news broadcasts, is now available with interactive subtitles, with language support to a language of your choice. The site measures your progress as you learn new words. Find it now at https://ord.ruv.is/ Lilja Alfreðsdóttir joined Darren to talk about the service, and the importance of the Icelandic language. RÚV English Rad...

2024-09-0413 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 406 - ICE CAVE COLLAPSEToday on RÚV English Radio, an interview with two people who had been at the Breiðamerkurjökull ice cave, before it collapsed. Scott Stevens and his ten year old daughter Wylde, from the USA, missed being in the cave themselves when the accident happened, by just a few moments. RÚV spoke to Scott and Wylde yesterday, and on RÚV English Radio today, you can hear their conversation. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this episod...

2024-08-2915 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 357 - PIKKNIKKFree Sunday live music at the Nordic House is back - RÚV English Radio finds out more. PIKKNIKK is the annual summer concert series on Sundays at the Nordic House, put together by José Luis Anderson, and it's back for 2024! The series kicks off with Possimiste this Sunday - https://nordichouse.is/en/event/pikknikk-concert-possimiste/ José has of course already featured on RÚV English Radio, telling Darren about the "Litla Gróðurhúsa familia" music project - you can hear more about that here - https://www.ruv.is/english/2024-04-26-ruv-english-radio-litla-grodurhusa-familia-411072 RÚV English Radio is daily ra...

2024-06-2110 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 351 - JUNE 17 IN ICELAND - THE NATIONAL DAYRÚV English Radio looks ahead to a very special day in the capital, and across the country. On National Day, June 17, lots will be happening to mark the passing of 80 years since Iceland became a republic - and you're invited. A ceremony, hosted by Alþingi and the Prime Minister's Office, begins at Austurvöllur at 11:10am and will be broadcast on RÚV (https://www.ruv.is/sjonvarp/dagskra/ruv/2024-06-17/5376709). The outgoing President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, will lay a wreath on behalf of the Icelandic people at the monument of Jón Sigurðs...

2024-06-1312 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 344 - THE WEEK IN ICELAND: PRESIDENT-ELECT HALLA, AND THE SUMMER STORMToday on RÚV English Radio, a new episode of The Week(End) In Iceland. Darren is joined by his RÚV colleague, and one of the hosts of RÚV's election night coverage Birta Björnsdóttir, to reflect on that presidential election - and the winter storm sweeping across Iceland on June 4th... RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this episode and all our previous daily English shows and podcasts on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcas...

2024-06-0416 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 341 - HELP SHAPE A NEW WAY TO LEARN ICELANDICToday, RÚV English Radio seeks your help. A new service is in development which will help learners of Icelandic, by allowing them to watch RÚV programming online, while specially designed subtitles show and explain important Icelandic words, in their own language, as the programme plays. Next week at RÚV HQ at Efstaleiti in Reykjavík, testing of the service will take place. Can you spare 20 to 30 minutes to come along to RÚV and help test the system? Sessions will run on Tuesday afternoon and evening (4 June), and all day Wednesday (5 June). Niss Jonas Carlsson is from the S...

2024-05-3114 min

Þetta helst Bakvið tjöldin á kosningavöku RÚVUm eða yfir hundrað manns koma að Kosningavöku RÚV sem hefst klukkan tíu á laugardagskvöld eftir að kjörstöðum í forsetakosningum lokar. Stífar æfingar fyrir stóra kvöldið hafa staðið yfir alla vikuna. Undirbúningur fyir kosningaumfjöllun RÚV hófst strax í janúar, en síðastliðinn mánuð hefur allt verið sett á fullt í að tryggja að kosningavakan gefi sem besta mynd af niðurstöðum kosninga og áhorfendur fái greinargóðar upplýsingar um leið og þær berast. Kosningavakan stendur yfir þar til ljóst er hver verður forseti, hvort sem niðurstaða fæst um miðja nótt e...

2024-05-3016 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 336 - THE CANDIDATES IN THEIR OWN WORDS, IN ENGLISHToday on RÚV English Radio, the candidates to who wish to become Iceland's new president. Here at RÚV English Radio, we asked all twelve candidates for the Icelandic presidency to record a message for you, in English, about themselves and their candidacies. We received recordings from ten of the twelve, made by the candidates themselves, and in a special programme today, you can hear what they have to say to you. Who can vote, and how is it done? Find out here - https://www.ruv.is/english/2024-05-03-presidential-election-who-can-vote-where-and-when-411820 And see how your views stack up wi...

2024-05-2412 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 330 - AUÐSKILIÐ - RÚV ELECTION SURVEY, in simple IcelandicToday on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of Auðskilið. Atli joins Darren again to read a recent news story in simple Icelandic. We look at the new RÚV presidential election survey. As ever, you can practice your Icelandic by following along with the story, at https://www.ruv.is/audskilid/2024-05-13-kosninga-prof-ruv-412611 - we start just under the photo. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this episode and all our previous daily Engli...

2024-05-1605 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 321 - THE HISTORY OF THE ICELANDIC PRESIDENCYDarren's guest today is host of RÚV Fréttir, Bogi Ágústsson. Bogi and Darren discuss the current presidential election, the record breaking number of candidates, and what the Icelandic president can and cannot do. They also go back to the birth of the Icelandic republic, and beyond. (This episode was recorded on Thursday morning, before the National Electoral Commission ruled that Viktor Traustason's candidacy is considered valid.) The first debate between the candidates is live on RÚV on Friday 3 May at 7.40pm (https://www.ruv.is/sjonvarp/dagskra/ruv/2024-05-03/5365283) RÚV English Radio is daily radio...

2024-05-0335 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 318 - THE WEEK IN ICELAND: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SPECIALToday on RÚV English Radio, we focus on the race for Bessastaðir. Eleven candidates are now confirmed in the presidential race - https://www.ruv.is/english/2024-04-29-eleven-candidates-confirmed-in-presidential-race-411519 - which means that it now gets underway with some seriousness. So what are the next steps? What happens throughout May, and on election day (1 June) itself? Darren looks back on the confirmation of the final list of candidates, and ahead, with his RÚV colleague Stígur Helgason. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and m...

2024-04-3032 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 289 - HEIMSKVIÐUR - FROM RÚV'S FOREIGN DESK - NATALIA ZHYRNOVA FROM MARIUPOLToday on RÚV English Radio, an interview recorded for RÚV's foreign coverage. Here on RÚV English Radio we strive to bring not just Iceland but RÚV to the world in English, and some of the interviews that are recorded for our programming happen in English. Occasionally here on RÚV English Radio you'll have the chance to hear some of those interviews, in full, in English. Natalia Zhyrnova came with her husband from Mariupol in Ukraine, to Iceland, in April 2022. She was a teacher in Ukraine, and now works at a kindergarten in Reykjanesbær. RÚV's Dag...

2024-03-2013 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 269 - HEIMSKVIÐUR: FROM RÚV'S FOREIGN DESK - AZAM AHMED ON KILLINGS IN MEXICOEvery week, the foreign news desk here at RÚV produces a radio programme, and a podcast, about foreign affairs and world events. The programme is called Heimskviður, and is broadcast on Rás 1 on Saturday afternoons. Here on RÚV English Radio we strive to bring not just Iceland but RÚV to the world in English, and many of the interviews that are recorded for Heimskviður happen in English. Occasionally here on RÚV English Radio you'll have the chance to hear some of those interviews, in full, in English. Azam Ahmed is the author of Fear Is...

2024-02-2116 min

Samfélagið Brú yfir Fossvog, söguhópur Ský, málfar og heimsókn frá Safni RÚVVið kynnum okkur stöðuna á nýrri brú sem á að leggja yfir Fossvog innan fárra ára. Hönnunarsamkeppni fór fram árið 2021 og það stefnir í að útboð vegna landfyllinga fari fram innan skamms. Ásdís Kristinsdóttir, forstöðumaður verkefnastofu Borgarlínu, og Bryndís Friðriksdóttir, svæðisstjóri Höfuðborgarsvæðisins hjá Vegagerðinni, fara yfir þessi mál með okkur. Nokkur vörubretti af skriftvélum, gataspjöldum og ýmsum gömlum vélbúnaði og hugbúnaði sem ekki telst lengur brúklegur hjá íslenskum fyrirtækjum eru nú varðveitt í rúmgóðum kössum. Það er alltaf að koma fram einhve...

2024-02-1255 min

2024-02-1258 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 260 - VOLCANIC ERUPTION, FEBRUARY 8Today, RÚV English Radio focuses on the latest eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula. Darren is joined again by his RÚV colleague Valur Grettisson, known to many in Iceland throughout the five (relatively) recent eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula, to find out what just happened. Please note that this show reflected events as of around 2.30pm on February 8. For the latest on the eruption, in English, please see the RÚV English live blog at ruv.is/english RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in t...

2024-02-0810 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 256 - RÚV WANTS YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FOR A SPECIAL "TORGIÐ"Today, RÚV English Radio looks ahead to a special show on RÚV TV next Tuesday. The live discussion programme Torgið will focus next week on the subjects of immigration and inclusion. Hosts Sigríður Halldórsdóttir and Valgeir Örn Ragnarsson want to hear from you if you are an immigrant to Iceland. What comments do you have about the experience of making Iceland your home? What would make life easier? Do you feel included in society? Whatever you would like to say, or ask, we really want to hear from you. You can film yourself using your phone, a...

2024-02-0207 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 252 - THE WEEK IN ICELAND: SÖNGVAKEPPNIN, GRINDAVÍK, UN FUNDING FOR GAZA, POLLING, MALAWIToday on RÚV English Radio, a new episode of The Week In Iceland. Darren is joined by his RÚV colleague Erla María Davíðsdóttir, to discuss Söngvakeppnin, the planned temporary returns to Grindavík, Iceland's Foreign Minister suddenly pulling funding to a UN Gaza agency, record low polling for two government parties, and Icelandic aid for Malawi. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this episode and all our previous daily English shows and podcasts...

2024-01-2919 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 231 - WHY THE COUNTRY STOPS FOR ÁRAMÓTASKAUPIÐEvery New Year's Eve at 10.20pm, Iceland pauses the fireworks and the partying and sits glued to Áramótaskaupið on RÚV. It's a show which satirises the year just gone. Darren talks to RÚV's head of TV Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson about why it is true to say that literally the whole country watches the show. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this episode and all our previous daily English shows and podcasts on Spotify, Apple, or any ot...

2023-12-2916 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 229 - THE BEST OF 2023, PART IIPart two of a two-part special looking back at the year on RÚV English Radio (and before it, The RÚV English Podcast). Lighthouses, herring, huskies, sorcery, accordions, stones, beer, smells and noises - in no particular order - and much more. (Part one was published yesterday.) RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this episode and all our previous daily English shows and podcasts on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast place. Subscribe too, to never miss a s...

2023-12-271h 19

RÚV English Radio Episode 228 - THE BEST OF 2023, PART IPart one of a two-part special looking back at the year on RÚV English Radio (and before it, The RÚV English Podcast). Lighthouses, herring, huskies, sorcery, accordions, stones, beer, smells and noises - in no particular order - and much more. Part two is tomorrow. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this episode and all our previous daily English shows and podcasts on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast place. Subscribe too, to never miss a sho...

2023-12-2638 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 224 - AUÐSKILIÐ - THE ANCIENT SKULL, in simple IcelandicToday on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of Auðskilið. Atli joins Darren again to read a recent news story in simple Icelandic. We look at analysis of a skull fragment discovered earlier this year. As ever, you can practice your Icelandic by following along with the story, at https://www.ruv.is/audskilid/2023-12-15-bein-i-radherra-bustadnum-ur-danskri-konu-399722 - we start just under the image. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this episode and all our prev...

2023-12-2109 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 222 - ÍSLANDSVINIRToday, RÚV English Radio meets two "friends of Iceland". André Bernier is an American meteorologist, forecasting the weather at Cleveland's WJW-TV. During this summer's volcanic eruption, André's viewers watched video streamed by RÚV of the events at Litli-Hrútur. André also hosts The WeatherJazz podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/7enXVHOfh6q5SHQrSWodVr His friend Bob Gilmore has worked in broadcast media for decades in the USA. Together they first visited Iceland in 1987, and have travelled here separately many times since. In an episode recorded on Monday, one day before the latest eruption on the Reykjanes Penins...

2023-12-1913 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 219 - AUÐSKILIÐ - THE DELAYED SCHOOL DAY, in simple IcelandicToday on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of Auðskilið. Atli joins Darren again to read a recent news story in simple Icelandic. We look at plans to delay the school day in the capital next year. As ever, you can practice your Icelandic by following along with the story, at https://www.ruv.is/audskilid/2023-12-08-prufad-ad-seinka-skoladeginum-399203 - we start just under the image. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this episode and all...

2023-12-1408 min

Þetta helst Þrýst á RÚV að hætta við JúróvisjónÞað er óhætt að segja að þrýst sé á Rúv um að sniðganga Júróvisjón á næsta ári. Stjórnendur stofnunarinnar hafa fengið fjölda tölvupósta þar sem farið er fram á að RÚV hætti við þátttöku í keppninni eða krefjist þess að Ísraelum verði vikið úr henni. Um átta þúsund manns hafa skrifað undir áskorun til Rúv um það sama. Þóra Tómasdóttir ræðir við Veru Knútsdóttur sem skorar á RÚV að hætta við keppni, Jónatan Garðarsson dagskrárritstjóra Rásar 1 og Stefán Eiríksson útvarpsstjóra

2023-12-1315 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 217 - THE FIRST YULE LADToday on RÚV English Radio, the first Yule Lad makes his way down from the mountains. The Icelandic jólasveinar (Yuletide Lads) are descended from trolls, and originally they were bogeymen who were used to scare children. During this century they have mellowed, and they sometimes wear their best, red, suits. But they still tend to pilfer and play tricks. They are the sons of two of the most hideous ogres ever known in Iceland, Grýla and Leppalúði. Every year they come down from the mountains one by one, and today the first Yule Lad - Stekkjarstaur (Sheep...

2023-12-1216 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 214 - AUÐSKILIÐ - THE OSLO TREE, in simple IcelandicToday on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of Auðskilið. Atli joins Darren again to read a recent news story in simple Icelandic. We look at the turning on of the "Oslo tree" lights! As ever, you can practice your Icelandic by following along with the story, at https://www.ruv.is/audskilid/2023-12-04-jolaljosin-kveikt-a-osloar-trenu-398857 - we start just under the image. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this episode and all our previous dail...

2023-12-0707 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 209 - AUÐSKILIÐ - VESTMANNAEYJAR FERRY, in simple IcelandicToday on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of Auðskilið. Atli joins Darren again to read a recent news story in simple Icelandic. We look at the news that a ferry connecting Vestmannaeyjar to the mainland is being repaired. As ever, you can practice your Icelandic by following along with the story, at https://www.ruv.is/audskilid/2023-11-29-herjolfur-farinn-i-vidgerd-398417 - we start just under the image. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this epis...

2023-11-3007 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 204 - WHY YOUR FLIGHT WON'T BE CANCELLED BY AN ERUPTIONToday on RÚV English Radio, why you shouldn't worry about any forthcoming trips to Iceland. There is still a lot of uncertainty about where, or whether, any volcanic eruption may take place on the Reykjanes Peninsula. One thing that can be said though, with a very high degree of certainty, is that travel to and from Iceland is not affected. If you have a trip to the country coming up, you don't need to worry that your flight will be cancelled*. This isn't 2010, when flights were grounded by volcanic ash - any potential eruption this time would be completely d...

2023-11-2318 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 201 - GRINDAVÍK UPDATE, RÚV POLSKI, CIVIL DEFENCE BRIEFINGToday on RÚV English, our focus remains firmly on events across, and under, the Reykjanes Peninsula. Darren is joined by RÚV Polski's Margrét Adamsdóttir to review the current situation, the possibility that although it is still likely, an eruption may not happen at all, and the service provided to the tens of thousands of Poles whose home is Iceland - https://www.ruv.is/polski Also today, this morning's Civil Defence press briefing took place partly in English, seeking to answer questions posed by foreign media. We bring you that part of the briefing in full. RÚV...

2023-11-2026 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 199 - ÞORVALDUR ÞÓRÐARSON, VOLCANOLOGY PROFESSOR / AUÐSKILIÐToday from RÚV English Radio, a double episode, looking at the eruption that hasn't yet happened, and a related story in simple Icelandic. In the first part of our programme, Darren talks to Þorvaldur Þórðarson, Professor in Volcanology and Petrology at the University of Iceland. In a conversation recorded at 3pm on Thursday afternoon, they assess the current situation on the Reykjanes Peninsula. Then, a new episode of Auðskilið, the news in simple Icelandic. Atli joins Darren to look at the preparations earlier this week, for work to build a defensive wall around the Svartsengi power station. Follow...

2023-11-1629 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 197 - ONGOING SITUATION IN GRINDAVÍK, PLUS AUTHOR SARAH THOMASToday on RÚV English Radio, we look at the continuing risk of a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula, and also catch up with author Sarah Thomas ahead of two writer events this week in Reykjavík. First up, Darren talks to RÚV colleague Oddur Þórðarson about the latest situation in Grindavík. As of the time of our conversation, around 1pm on Monday, everyone is still waiting for an eruption - which may not come. Also today, author Sarah Thomas, who spoke to Darren during the summer when the paperback edition of her book The Raven's Nest wa...

2023-11-1425 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 194 - AUÐSKILIÐ - AKUREYRI/UK FLIGHTS - in simple IcelandicToday on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of Auðskilið. Atli joins Darren again to read a recent news story in simple Icelandic. We look at the news that Akureyri can now be reached directly from the UK - and vice versa. As ever, you can practice your Icelandic by following along with the story, at https://www.ruv.is/audskilid/2023-10-31-flug-milli-london-og-akureyrar-395387 - we start just under the image. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can...

2023-11-0907 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 192 - HEIMSKVIÐUR - PROGRAMMING FROM RÚV'S FOREIGN DESKToday on RÚV English Radio, an interview recorded for RÚV's foreign coverage. Every week, the foreign news desk here at RÚV produces a radio program, and a podcast, about foreign affairs and world events. The programme is called HEIMSKVIÐUR, and is broadcast on Rás 1 on Saturday afternoons. Here on RÚV English Radio we strive to bring not just Iceland but RÚV to the world in English, and many of the interviews that are recorded for HEIMSKVIÐUR happen in English. Occasionally here on RÚV English Radio you'll have the chance to hear some of t...

2023-11-0710 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 190 - ICELANDIC MUSIC ROUND-UPToday on RÚV English Radio, some of the biggest Icelandic songs around this week. Tracks featured this week are: Una Torfa - Þú ert stormur Jónfrí - Aprílmáni GusGus ft. Vök - When We Sing Hafdis Huld - Darkest Night Gosi - Ekki spurning Rakel Sigurðardóttir - Our Favourite Line If you're making music in Iceland, and you'd like it played on RÚV English Radio, just email english@ruv.is RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English lang...

2023-11-0325 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 186 - THE WEEK IN ICELAND: QUAKES, COVID, POST, WOMEN, FRIÐRIKToday on RÚV English Radio, a new episode of The Week In Iceland. Darren is joined by his RÚV colleague Ari Páll Karlsson, to look at what's been happening over the last seven days. They discuss the earthquake swarm at Reykjanes, post-Covid work patterns near the capital area, the appalling rating given to Iceland's postal service, the aftermath of the massive Women's Strike, and the accusations made against Friðrik Friðriksson. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You ca...

2023-10-3025 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 185 - ICELANDIC MUSIC ROUND-UPToday on RÚV English Radio, some of the biggest Icelandic songs around this week. Darren plays a selection of tracks which are all being heard on RÚV's Rás 2, which is Iceland's most popular radio station. Tracks featured this week are: Mugison - É Dúdda Mía Rúnar Þór - Kóngurinn Vetur Vök - Ég Bíð Þín Malen & Raven - Right? Daði Freyr - Limit To Love If you're making music in Iceland, and you'd like it played on RÚV English Radio, just email english@ruv.is RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of e...

2023-10-2718 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 184 - AUÐSKILIÐ - PASSPORTS - in simple IcelandicToday on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of Auðskilið. Atli joins Darren again to read a recent news story in simple Icelandic. We look at the news that Icelandic passports can now be ordered online. As ever, you can practice your Icelandic by following along with the story, at https://www.ruv.is/audskilid/2023-10-18-haegt-ad-saekja-um-vega-bref-a-netinu-394451 - we start just under the image. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this episode and all our...

2023-10-2607 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 182 - THE SKRIÐUKLAUSTUR MONASTERYToday on RÚV English Radio, another visit to Skriðuklaustur. It is a historic site with the ruins of a 16th-century monastery (https://skriduklaustur.is/minjar/en/) which were revealed by an archaeological excavation between 2002 and 2012. Darren again meets with Skúli Björn Gunnarsson, to view and find out more about the monastery ruins (in the company of some rather noisy geese...) (On site is also the mansion of the famous Icelandic writer Gunnar Gunnarsson, the subject of a previous show here on RÚV English Radio.) RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news...

2023-10-2412 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 181 - THE WEEK IN ICELAND: BIRTA BJÖRNSDÓTTIRToday on RÚV English Radio, a new episode of The Week In Iceland. Darren is joined by his RÚV colleague Birta Björnsdóttir, to look at what's been happening over the last seven days. They discuss the Arctic Circle Assembly, the second-biggest tourist summer of all time in Iceland, the discovery of some long-lost manuscripts at the National Library, and the reopening of Laugardalslaug - and also why tomorrow's Women's Day strike means it will close again, for a day. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, peopl...

2023-10-2319 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 179 - AUÐSKILIÐ - SÖNGVAKEPPNIN - in simple IcelandicToday on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of Auðskilið. Atli joins Darren again to read a recent news story in simple Icelandic. We look at the newly-released details of Söngvakeppnin 2024 - the "singing contest" to select Iceland's Eurovision entry. As ever, you can practice your Icelandic by following along with the story at https://www.ruv.is/audskilid/2023-10-13-songva-keppnin-fer-aftur-i-laugardals-holl-393984 - we start just under the image. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage of everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find...

2023-10-1909 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 174 - AUÐSKILIÐ - WIND TURBINES (MILLS?) - in simple IcelandicToday on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of Auðskilið. Atli joins Darren again to read a recent news story in simple Icelandic. We look at the story of the new wind turbines, or windmills, in South Iceland. As ever, you can practice your Icelandic by following along with the story at https://www.ruv.is/audskilid/2023-10-06-nyjar-vind-myllur-i-thykkvabae-393226 - we start just under the image. RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this episode and all...

2023-10-1209 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 172 - THE LAGARFJÓT WYRM, FLJÓTSDALSHÉRAÐToday, RÚV English is on the lookout for an elusive and ancient creature. Lagarfjlót is a narrow lake in the east of Iceland. You can follow it south as you drive from Egilsstaðir. The stunning beauty of the lake is far from its only attraction. According to legend, the deep lake is said to hold a beast called the Lagarfljót Wyrm, of whom there have been apparent sightings and reports since 1345. Darren went to Skriðuklaustur on the lake side to meet Skúli Björn Gunnarsson, and hear more about the Wyrm, and whether it is stil...

2023-10-1014 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 169 - AUÐSKILIÐ - THE EARTHQUAKE SWARM - in simple IcelandicToday on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of Auðskilið. Atli joins Darren again to read a recent news story in simple Icelandic. We look at the story of the recent "swarm" of mini-earthquakes on Reykjanes. As ever, you can practice your Icelandic by following along with the story at https://www.ruv.is/audskilid/2023-09-25-margir-jardskjalftar-vid-geitafell-392425 - we start just under the image (the map of the area). RÚV English Radio is daily radio coverage everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more, in the English language. You can find this...

2023-10-0545 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 167 - HEIMSKVIÐUR - PROGRAMMING FROM RÚV'S FOREIGN DESKToday on RÚV English Radio, an interview recorded for RÚV's foreign coverage. Every week, the foreign news desk here at RÚV produces a radio program, and a podcast, about foreign affairs and world events. The programme is called HEIMSKVIÐUR, and is broadcast on Rás 1 on Saturday afternoons. Here on RÚV English Radio we strive to bring not just Iceland but RÚV to the world in English, and many of the interviews that are recorded for HEIMSKVIÐUR happen in English. Occasionally here on RÚV English Radio you'll have the chance to hear some of t...

2023-10-0313 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 166 - PETRA'S STONE COLLECTION, STÖÐVARFJÖRÐURToday, RUV English Radio is in Stöðvarfjörður in East Iceland, at a beloved attraction. An immense display of stones and minerals takes up a huge garden and most of a house in the East Iceland town of Stöðvarfjörður. The collection was started halfway through the twentieth century by Petra Sveinsdóttir. Despite her passing in the 2010s, the beautifully curated assortment continues to welcome fascinated visitors from across Iceland and the world. Darren (who first visited in 1998) went to meet Petra's granddaughter, Unnur Sveinsdóttir, and find out more about the remarkable collection. RÚV English R...

2023-10-0218 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 160 - JIM MORRISON 80 - LA COMES TO HÁSKÓLABÍÓThe University cinema theatre, Háskólabíó, will be transformed into seventies LA on Saturday, for a very special birthday that never was. Jim Morrison at 80 is a birthday show with live accompaniment and a story time about the life and fortunes of the famous frontman of the band The Doors, who would have been eighty years old this year. Award winning singer Björgvin Franz Gíslason comes to life in the role of Morrison, together with The Doors tribute band, who play all the band's most famous songs. The narrator is Vera Illugadóttir, who will shed light on the...

2023-09-2208 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 159 - AUÐSKILIÐ - CLINTON IN ICELAND - in simple IcelandicToday on RÚV English, a new episode of Auðskilið. Atli joins Darren again to read a recent news story in simple Icelandic. We look at the story of Hillary Clinton coming to Iceland in November. Practice your Icelandic by following along with the story at https://www.ruv.is/audskilid/2023-09-15-hillary-clinton-kemur-a-bokmennta-hatid-391724 - we start just under the image. You can also listen to this and all other RÚV English programming on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast place, and subscribe too, to never miss a show. There's also an archive of all RÚV English progr...

2023-09-2107 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 158 - REYKJAVÍK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALToday, RÚV English looks ahead to RIFF, a major festival of international film coming to the capital at the end of September. The Reykjavík International Film Festival - riff.is - is one of the biggest and most diverse cultural events in Iceland. For eleven days every autumn since 2004, Icelandic locals and tourists alike are able to go to the cinema and enjoy the best and freshest of international film making. The festival shows a wide range of dramas and non-fiction films from over 40 countries. Guests can also meet and chat with directors about their works, attend panels an...

2023-09-2012 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 157 - THE SETTLEMENT OF EAST ICELANDToday, RÚV English is in Egilsstaðir. at The University of Iceland Research Centre in East Iceland (https://english.hi.is/institute_of_research_centres/research_centre_east_iceland) Interesting work is taking place in East Iceland to find out more about how the region was originally settled. Darren met with Phd student at the research centre Rannveig Þórhallsdóttir, and Emmett Smith, associate professor at, and in Iceland from, the biology department at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. You can also listen to this and all other RÚV English programming on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast place, and su...

2023-09-1909 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 156 - ICELANDIC ART GOES TO THE MOONToday, RÚV English gazes into the night sky, as Icelandic art is sent to the lunar surface. Over the next couple of years, thirty thousand pieces of art will have been sent to the Moon, in four separate time capsules, as part of the Lunar Codex projet (https://www.lunarcodex.com/). At least two of these artworks will come from Iceland. Artists Helen Cova (https://www.helencova.com/home-2) and Michelle Bird (https://www.theartofmichellebird.com/overview) will see two pieces of their art make the journey to the Moon. Darren went to Borgarnes to meet Michelle, and Helen, w...

2023-09-1823 min $It\'s a Riv and Ruv Thing$

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2023-09-1501 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 155 - FOREIGN TALENT IN ICELANDToday, RÚV English speaks to Kathryn Gunnarsson, one of the managers of a research grant project, assessing the talent pool of foreign experts here in Iceland. How easy is it for Icelandic companies to access foreign workers with particular skills? And is straightforward for those workers to find employment in Iceland? Kathryn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryngunnarsson/) tells Darren about the project which seeks to answer those questions, and hopefully to find ways of making life easier for all. You can read about the preliminary research results here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFjYAsQmYo/0kSP_21CJ5CcPdIYT5W_R...

2023-09-1513 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 153 - YOU CAN'T DO THAT! TV ON THURSDAYS (OR IN JULY)Today on RÚV English, the latest in a series looking at things which were illegal or impossible in Iceland, until just a few decades ago. While not exactly banned, there was no TV on Thursdays in Iceland until a few decades ago. Or, for that matter, in the whole of July... Darren is again at the National Museum of Iceland to speak to Helga Vollertsen, Curator of Ethnology, to find out more. You can also listen to this and all other RÚV English programming on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast place, and subscribe too, to never miss a...

2023-09-1311 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 152 - REYKJAVÍK CITY MUSEUM & SETTLEMENT EXHIBITIONToday, RÚV English travels back to the birth of the Icelandic capital. Just below ground in downtown Reykjavík, an open excavation uncovers the city's Viking Age history. Darren met with Jón Páll Björnsson at the capital's Settlement Exhibition on Aðalstræti, to learn more about Reykjavík's past, and what the city means, and has meant, for the nation. You can also listen to this and all other RÚV English programming on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast place, and subscribe too, to never miss a show. There's also an archive of all RÚV Engli...

2023-09-1226 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 151 - THE HISTORY OF KEFLAVÍKURFLUGVÖLLURToday, RÚV English is joined by aviation expert Andrei Menshenin to examine the history of Iceland's main international airport. Keflavíkurflugvöllur, or Keflavík Airport, which includes The Leifur Eiríksson International Air Terminal, is the point of entry and exit for the majority of those coming into and leaving Iceland. It has quite a history. Today, Andrei goes through it with Darren. You can also listen to this and all other RÚV English programming on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast place, and subscribe too, to never miss a show. There's also an archive of all RÚV En...

2023-09-1137 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 150 - THE VAKA FOLK MUSIC WEEKENDToday, RÚV English looks ahead to next week's Vaka Folk Music Weekend. The Vaka Folk Music Weekend started in Akureyri in 2015, and was held in Reykjavík for the first time in 2019. It is a weekend dedicated to traditional music and the communities around it. Vaka is a 3-day celebration in the capital,that brings together the essence of Icelandic heritage through the enchanting melodies, vibrant rhythms, and timeless stories of folk music. 2023 marks the event's full, post-Covid return. The schedule of events can be found at https://www.vakareykjavik.is/about Darren spoke to organiser and musician Chris Fo...

2023-09-0821 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 149 - AUÐSKILIÐ - ANTI-WHALING PROTESTS in simple IcelandicToday on RÚV English, a new episode of Auðskilið. Atli joins Darren again to read a recent news story in simple Icelandic. We look at the story of the recent anti-whaling protests at Reykjavík Harbour. Practice your Icelandic by following along with the story at https://www.ruv.is/audskilid/2023-09-05-enn-tha-motmaeli-i-hvalveidi-skipum-391021 - we start just under the image. You can also listen to this and all other RÚV English programming on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast place, and subscribe too, to never miss a show. There's also an archive of all RÚV Englis...

2023-09-0706 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 148 - YOU CAN'T DO THAT! DOGSToday on RÚV English, the latest in a series looking at things which were illegal or impossible in Iceland, until just a few decades ago. Dogs were effectively banned as pets, until surprisingly recently. Darren is again at the National Museum of Iceland to speak to Helga Vollertsen, Curator of Ethnology, to find out more. You can also listen to this and all other RÚV English programming on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast place, and subscribe too, to never miss a show. There's also an archive of all RÚV English programming, including this episode, at https://www...

2023-09-0611 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 147 - SPJÖLLUM MEÐ HREIM - CHAT WITH AN ACCENT!Today, RÚV English finds out about some free and fun Icelandic language lessons taking place in Reykjavík City Library. Free Icelandic practice meet-ups are underway from the 9th September at the library. It's a chance to "spjöllum með hreim", or "speak with an accent", and get to know other people who are learning too! The weekly meet-ups are for anyone who wants to practice their Icelandic speaking skills in a friendly and relaxed environment with experienced teachers. There are lots of different activities, all FREE, and all intended to help you speak and learn with confidence - and...

2023-09-0516 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 146 - MÁR GUNNARSSONDarren's guest today on RÚV English is musician and swimmer Már Gunnarsson. Már talk about his music career and musical studies in the UK, his recent competition in the Para Swimming World Championships in Manchester, and his successful battle to ensure that huge travel costs no longer land on blind Icelanders when they travel with their guide dogs. You can also listen to this and all other RÚV English programming on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast place, and subscribe too, to never miss a show. There's also an archive of all RÚV English programming, inclu...

2023-09-0427 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 145 - THE ICELANDIC MUSEUM OF ROCK & ROLLToday, RÚV English is at the Icelandic Museum of Rock & Roll. The museum - https://www.rokksafn.is/en - traces the history of modern music in Iceland, back to the first popular songs and recordings made by Icelanders, and takes the country's musical story right up to date. Darren is guided through the museum by Tómas Young, and even attempts to play a few of the musical instruments available, some more successfully than others. The visit coincides with the Night of Lights cultural and family festival - https://www.ljosanott.is/en Cultural focus is the hallmark of...

2023-09-0152 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 143 - YOU CAN'T DO THAT! BUY MILK IN GENERAL SHOPS?Today on RÚV English, the latest in a series looking at things which were illegal or impossible in Iceland, until just a few decades ago. Until the 1970s, milk could only be purchased in special milk shops - not in supermarkets, or any other kind of store - supposedly for reasons of hygiene. Darren is again at the National Museum of Iceland to speak to Helga Vollertsen, Curator of Ethnology, to find out more. You can also listen to this and all other RÚV English programming on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast place, and subscribe too, to ne...

2023-08-3008 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 142 - THE ART AND HOME DECOR SWAPToday on RÚV English, we look at a chance to freshen up your home decor, at no cost! Do you have any art or home decor you don't enjoy or don't have enough space for anymore? You can bring them for a swap in Sólheimar City Library and exchange them for some other kind of decor someone else brought to the swap. The art swap market is one of many markets that will take place in Sólheimar City Library this year. Darren went to the library and spoke to Guðríður Sigurbjörnsdóttir and Lísbet Perl...

2023-08-2905 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 140 - ICELANDIC MUSICIANS OF COLOURWe listen to a selection of music made by Icelandic musicians of colour today, on RÚV English. Darren is joined again by music journalist Lydia Athanasopoulou in Siglufjörður. Tracks played on today's show: Retro Stefson - Skin Unnsteinn Manuel - Talkin' Bout a Revolution (LIVE í Tónatali á RÚV) Logi Pedro - Svarta ekkja Aron Can - BLESSUN EÐA BÖLVUN Ragna Kjartansdóttir/Cell 7 - City Lights Ezekiel Carl - Fara Upp NonyKingz - Fia Burn You can also listen to this and all other RÚV English programming on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast pla...

2023-08-2546 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 138 - YOU CAN'T DO THAT! - BEERToday on RÚV English, the first in a new series looking at things which were illegal or impossible in Iceland, until just a few decades ago. Until 1989, beer was illegal in Iceland, or at least anything stronger than just over two percent proof. These weak ales were sometimes mixed with vodka, which, like other spirits and wine, was legal. The result was to badly - and somewhat disgustingly - approximate full strength beer, until the ban was finally lifted. Darren went to the National Museum of Iceland to speak to Helga Vollertsen, Curator of Ethnology, to find out more. S...

2023-08-2311 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 137 - FESTIVAL OF NATIONS, AKRANESToday, RÚV English looks ahead to an international festival in Akranes next month. Taking place at the Jáðarsbakki sports hall in the town, The Festival of Nations West Iceland (Þjóðahátið Vesturlands) - https://www.facebook.com/festivalnationsiceland - is a cultural initiative that aims to highlight the diversity of nations represented among the Icelandic population, and and foster a sense of understanding among different communities. As ever, there will be many nations represented with performances, sampling from various countries' national food, handcrafts and much more, as well as lots of information about different cultures, and multicultural performa...

2023-08-2211 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 112 - NEWS FROM RÚV'S FOREIGN DESK: SVETLANA TSHIKANOSKAYAHere on RÚV English we strive to bring not just Iceland but RÚV to the world in English. Svetlana Tshikanoskaya is the leader of the Belarus opposition, now living in exile in Vilnius, Lithuania, from where she directs her political opposition to Alexander Lukashenko, president of Belarus. Svetlana's husband, Sergei, is currently a political prisoner in Belarus, along with at least nearly 1500 others. Svetlana and their children have not seen him for three years. Svetlana was at the NATO summit, attending and organizing side-events. At one of those, she gave a special award to Thordis Kolbrun Gylfadottir, Iceland's mi...

2023-07-1807 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 107 - RUV'S BJÖRN MALMQUIST WITH FORMER UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTHere on RÚV English we strive to bring not just Iceland but RÚV to the world in English. Björn Malmquist, our Brussels correspondent, on a coffee break outside the EU council building last week, randomly met Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine from 2014 - 2019, until he lost to Volodymyr Zelensky, the current president. Poroshenko is now a member of the Ukrainian parliament and was in Brussels with a delegation of parliamentarians to talk about Ukraine's application to become member of the European Union. After a lengthy meeting at the European Parliament, Björn got the chance to sit down...

2023-07-1112 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 58 - BEHIND THE SCENES AT KRAKKAFRÉTTIRToday, RÚV English finds out about Krakkafréttir, RÚV's daily news programme for younger viewers. Darren spoke to one of the programme's two hosts, Kolbrún María Másdóttir, and editor Karitas Mörtudóttir Bjarkadóttir, about putting together a news programme for a younger audience. However, today's episode from RÚV English was actually prompted by listener Helen, who got in touch partly as she uses Krakkafréttir to help her learn Icelandic! Krakkafréttir is broadcast five days a week on RÚV and can be watched here too - https://www.ruv.is/krakkaruv/r...

2023-05-0345 min

RÚV English Radio Episode 33 - HEIMSKVIÐUR - PROGRAMMING FROM RÚV'S FOREIGN DESKEvery week, the foreign news desk here at RÚV produces a radio program, and a podcast, about foreign affairs and world events. The programme is called HEIMSKVIÐUR, and is broadcast on Rás 1 on Saturday afternoons. Here on the RÚV English Podcast service we strive to bring not just Iceland but RÚV to the world in English, and many of the interviews that are recorded for HEIMSKVIÐUR happen in English. Occasionally here on the Podcast, you'll have the chance to hear some of those interviews, in full, in English. Recently, Björn Malmquist, one of the pre...

2023-03-2924 min

Crucified Podcast What is the desire of your heart? |Ruv Arit speakerToday our speaker is Ruv Arit. Hope you are encouraged by this sermon of his. All glory and praise to God!

2020-12-2922 min

Arquivos de Entretê RUV NOIR | O Caso da Festa do Olimpo - Cap. 3: A EncenaçãoMistério clássico com um toque contemporâneo Na parte final do primeiro caso apresentado pelo RUV Noir, Poirot arma uma estranha encenação para apresentar a solução do mistério do Olimpo. Será o assassino finalmente revelado?

2019-11-1615 min

Arquivos de Entretê RUV NOIR | O Caso da Festa do Olimpo - Cap. I: O CasoMistério clássico com um toque contemporâneo Adaptando um conto de Agatha Christie para um contexto atual universitário, o RUV Noir orgulhosamente apresenta "O Caso da Festa do Olimpo." Na noite da comentada festa "Terror no Olimpo", duas misteriosas mortes formam um estranho mistério que só poderá ser resolvido pelo estudante de psicologia metido a detetive a quem chamam de Poirot.

2019-11-0108 min