Starting at noon tomorrow today: Book a flight into the Icelandic midnight sun for £75, €89 or DKK 679. To Iceland from where? To Reykjavík from Edinburgh, Cologne, London, Copenhagen and Berlin. And if you’re in Copenhagen you can also fly direct to Akureyri and Egilsstaðir. How much? From £75, €89, DKK679, one-way including taxes [...]
30 April 2012 – 18:48
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Flights to Iceland from London, Copenhagen, Berlin, Alicante and Warsaw for all sorts of ridiculously low prices. What's all the fuss about? A really, really special offer on flights to Iceland from London, Copenhagen, Berlin, Alicante and Warsaw. Really. How much did you say? Starting at DKK 679 from Copenhagen, €119 from Berlin, £79 from [...]
What’s the big deal? Lots of cheap return flights to Reykjavík from London, Copenhagen, Berlin and Edinburgh. That’s a return flight to Reykjavík from how much? £186 departing from London, £170 from Edinburgh, €186 from Berlin, and DKK 1628 from Copenhagen including taxes and fees. When to fly? From 14 April to 31 August (except [...]
That’s why we’re sending them to you instead. We know you’re a really busy person — much too busy to fly with Iceland Express to Reykjavík every weekend to listen to cool local bands. So we’re just sending them to you instead. With our friends at Iceland Music Export we’re making it easier for great [...]
Tired of going boing Boeing? Just hop on the Airbus. Just thought you’d be interested in knowing that we just added two brand new Airbus 320 to our fleet, which now consists of, um, two brand-new* Airbus 320. What does it all mean? Oh, just that everything’s new and improved — with more seats, more [...]
Including a free pass to a Reykjavík swimming pool of your choice. What? Special limited time only offer on super-cheap flights to Iceland from London, Berlin and Copenhagen. Prices from? £69 from London €79 from Berlin DKK559 from Copenhagen Including taxes and fees? Yes, including taxes and fees. Anything else included? Yes! Get a free [...]
This summer Iceland Express adds the great cities of Boston and Chicago to its network. You might think our bosses have a thing for cities that have rock bands named after them. After all, they just decided to add Boston and Chicago to our network from next summer. And, we already fly to Friedrichshafen, which [...]
Answer 3 questions and win a free flight for two plus hotel for the Reykjavík Museum Night in February. As we don’t tire of telling you on our hipster blog, a lot of things go on in Reykjavík. And on Reykjavík Museum Night in February it all comes together. That’s why we’ve teamed up with [...]
Introducing a special offer on flights to Iceland in the Northern Lights season. What? Fly to Reykjavík from Copenhagen, Berlin, London, New York and Warsaw. How much? A whole bunch of seats from only £69/€79/$99, including taxes and fees. When to fly? 15 January to 31 March. When to buy? Right now, dears. The small print? Oh, [...]
Introducing what is quite possibly the cheapest way to cross the Atlantic, unless you’re a really ridiculously good swimmer. What? Fly from London to New York, or the other way around, via Iceland. How much? A thousand seats for only £299 or $469 return, including taxes and fees. Really? Yes, really. When to fly? 7 [...]
Iceland Express puts the, um, “fly,” in “iPad”.* In case you don’t have something better to do on our flights, we’re now offering a shiny new gadget for your fondling pleasure. It’s called an “iPad.” (You may have heard of it.) And apparently we’re the first European airline to offer it as in-flight entertainment. Fancy [...]
Iceland Express starts flying to Orlando in October, and we’re also extending our New York schedule. We’ve got some good news for Icelanders who like it hot, and for Floridians who wouldn’t mind a bit of fresh air: This October, Iceland Express starts flying to Florida from Reykjavík. (And back.) This first run is going [...]
We’ve extended our Volcano Special Offer until 13 April. Who would have thought? To Reykjavík:from London Gatwick, Copenhagen, Berlin or Warsaw Prices from: €89, £79, DKK 690, one-way including taxes and fees Fly: From today until 31 May 2010 Buy: Open for sale now until 13 April 2010 The small print: Limited availability, first come, first served. [...]
Until midnight tomorrow: Iceland from €69, £55, DKK 530. To Reykjavík:from Berlin, Copenhagen, London (Gatwick + Stansted) and Warsaw Prices from: €69, £55, DKK 530, one-way including taxes and fees Fly: From today until 15 December 2009 Buy: Open for sale now until midnight tomorrow (or, if you prefer, 23.59 on Friday 20 November) The small print: Limited [...]
19 November 2009 – 6:12
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Iceland Express will give you and your BFF two magic wristbands for this year’s Iceland Airwaves, plus fly you in and put you up. You just have to give us a really good reason. You remember Iceland Airwaves, right? The music festival where everyone stopped wearing trucker caps way before they became unfashionable? It’s been [...]
On this episode of IEX in the City, we offer some awfully cheap transatlantic flights to New York from London, Berlin, Copenhagen and 7 other European cities, all via Reykjavík. Okay, listen to this: Starting next summer you can fly with Iceland Express without actually planning to spend time in Iceland. (Not that we’d mind [...]
5 October 2009 – 11:04
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In which we tell you all about the Fancy Iceland Express Quiz on Facebook. And yes, that’s the official name. Remember the Fancy Iceland Express Quiz Thingy on Facebook that you probably didn’t participate in a while ago? Well, we just selected a winner for the first round, and we’ve got some good news and [...]
30 September 2009 – 4:36
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We interrupt this blog to tell you about the Highly-Unusual-and-Special-Limited-Time-Only Offer: Iceland from €69/£55, only today. To Reykjavík from: Berlin, Copenhagen, London Gatwick, London Stansted and Warsaw. Prices from: €69, £55, DKK 530, SEK 599, one-way including taxes and fees. When to buy: Open for sale from 14 CET (that’s 1pm in the UK) until midnight [...]
Are you in Reykjavík between 17 and 27 September? Internationally inclined? Like movies? And sort of festive? Well, then the Reykjavík International Film Festival is just the thing. In this exciting and informative segment about the Reykjavík International Film Festival, we’d like you to meet Jón Agnar Ólason, their Marketing Guy, pictured here, looking a [...]
Remember when we said we were leaving London Stansted for Gatwick? Well, guess what. We interrupt this blog for a short message that is mostly of interest to people with clear preferences about their London airports. If this does not apply to you we suggest you avert your eyes and maybe read this instead. A [...]
The official Icelandic national schnapps is not unlike Hobbes’ natural state of mankind: nasty, brutish and short. Having a national beverage seems to be de rigeur for small countries who want to sell stuff to tourists maintain their cultural identity. Iceland is no exception. The local tipple is called “Brennivín”, an ancient Icelandic word that translates [...]
In which Iceland Express announces that it starts operating direct flights between Iceland and Birmingham in the summer of 2010. A few people (okay, a lot of people) weren’t too happy when we moved our London base from Stansted to Gatwick. So we decided to do something about that, and called up the nice people [...]
Reykjavík turns into Gaykjavík as Gay Pride comes to town on the second Saturday of August. Iceland is famously liberal when it comes to driving on the other side of the street. (Nudge, nudge, know what we mean?) Gay marriage is simply so last year — we’ve already moved to gay couples arguing about how [...]
At least not on the Thermal Beach in Reykjavík. Of course we realise that people don’t come to Iceland for the beaches. The Blue Lagoon, maybe, but the beach? Hardly. But should you find yourself on a warm summer’s day in Reykjavík with nothing better to do (and remember that the words “warm,” “summer” and [...]
Become our friend on Facebook and we might just fly you to Iceland for free. Like everyone and their grandmother we’ve been on Facebook for ages — our Icelandic page now has about 9,000 fans. (Yeah okay, it doesn’t sound like much but given the population of Iceland it’s the equivalent of JetBlue having 9 [...]
Rarer than a disco remix by Sigur Rós, the Blue Ópal is an Icelandic candy that is no more. It has ceased to be. It has expired and gone to meet its maker. Along with its Red and Green cousins, the Blue Ópal was born in 1950, when its producer, Nói Sirius, got some fancy [...]
Introducing a nice restaurant in Reykjavík where you can eat without actually breaking the bank. Boston (Laugavegur 28, first floor, tel +354 517 7816) is what happened when Sirkus finally died. Owned by the same fiftysomething blondes and frequented by pretty much the same crowd (and now, occasionally, their children), it sort of looks and [...]
Need more Icelandic indiepop for the masses? Read on and get a lovely free mp3 download from Sprengjuhöllin. Sprengjuhöllin is Iceland’s answer to [insert the name of your favourite arty and melancholy but strangely fun folk rock band here]. They’ve already played in Texas, New York and some place called “Canada,” and when this is [...]
Indigenous creatures with white stuff on their faces, sloshing around in hot sulphuric water filled with minerals, silica and algae? No, it’s not the plot of an old horror movie. It’s just the Blue Lagoon. The Blue Lagoon is a rather large amorphous body of water in an Icelandic lava field in the middle of [...]
Meet Mark Ollard, a busy and important Londoner who really, really, really likes Icelandic music (except maybe Páll Óskar). He also thinks Mugison isn’t cute. In the first of our series of interviews with Really Nice Foreign People Who Really Like Iceland, we talk to the lovely Mark Ollard. Mark writes a rather good “music [...]
15 April 2009 – 7:09
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Posted in 12 tónar, iceland airwaves, Icelandic bands, icelandic music, jeff who?, mugison, music, My Summer as a Salvation Soldier, prikið, Retro Stefson, reykjavik
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To Iceland from 46 pounds, 59 euros or DKK 449. Where: To Iceland (and back if you must) from Copenhagen, London, Berlin and Warsaw. Fly: Before the end of March. Buy: On sale now! Offer must end at noon GMT on Wednesday 4 March. How much: from £46, €59, DKK 449 one-way including taxes and fees. The small print: [...]
On 1 May 2009, we move our London base from Stansted to Gatwick. It’s been a great six years at London Stansted. But on 1 May 2009 Iceland Express moves its London operations to Gatwick airport. The reason is partly operational — our sister company Astraeus is based there — and partly passengerial (and yes, [...]
To the locals it’s Hallgrímskirkja. To you folks it’s usually “That Big Church”. As Reykjavík’s tallest building, That Big Church (also known as Hallgrímskirkja, but don’t try to pronounce that by yourself) is a convenient landmark for tourists finding their way around Reykjavík. Looking for Kaffibarinn? Oh, just walk down from That Big Church and [...]
Like the smell of bacon in the morning? Here are three places to go to for a robust breakfast in Reykjavík. Grái kötturinn on Hverfisgata 16a is a small basement place (café would obviously not be the right word here) opposite the Culture House. It’s run by Hulda Hákon and Jón Óskar who like all [...]
Seven things that make Christmas in Iceland a little different. 1. The Jólasveinn is the Icelandic version of Father Christmas. But not really. First of all, there are thirteen of them (we guess you could call them Brothers Christmas). And they come to town one by one on the days before Christmas to do things [...]
Iceland is looking pretty good at the moment. At least in these photos.
The Icelandic krona’s loss is your gain as coming to Iceland has never been less expensive than now. In the past few weeks the Icelandic króna (a.k.a. “funny money”) has been going through a Keith Richards-scale hangover and looking increasingly like the love child of Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty. But every cloud has a [...]
Icebreaker Update: On sale now, a special offer on return flights to Iceland from Copenhagen and London Routes: To Iceland and back, from Copenhagen and London Stansted. Travel Period: 1 February to 31 May 2007 Booking Period: 1 to 8 15 February 2007 Prices on return flights, including taxes and charges: From London for £150, [...]
1 February 2007 – 12:16
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We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to look for a new editor for our non-Icelandic websites. The job involves the following: Editing this blog Writing our email newsletter in English Writing and editing content for icelandexpress.com, including booking confirmations and reminder emails Maintaining and overseeing translations for our other international sites in Danish, German, Swedish, [...]
Iceland Express celebrates its fourth anniversary by offering lots and lots of seats to and from Iceland, from £45 / €65 / DKK 519, one-way, including taxes and charges. Open for Sale: From Wednesday 10 January, 13.00 CET (that’s 12 o’clock British Time). Travel Period: 10 January to 30 March 2007. Routes: To Iceland and [...]
9 January 2007 – 15:21
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Did you just miss the biggest fireworks display in the world? According to Iceland Review, Icelanders just blew up one thousands tons of fireworks this New Year’s Eve, worth about €16 million. In case you missed it, check this out. More fireworks videos here, here and here. Also lots of great fireworks photos on Flickr
In which we celebrate the original Icelandic version of that jolly old Coke-drinking elf. If countries get the Santa Claus they deserve, you might be forgiven for wondering what we in Iceland did to deserve ours. While other countries have a jolly old Coke-sponsored fat guy with a penchant for gift giving and flying reindeers, [...]
Icebreaker Update: Return flights to Iceland from Berlin, Copenhagen and London, from €199 / £139 / DDK 1,595 Hear ye, hear ye: Announcing a special Icebreaker offer on return flights with Iceland Express to Reykjavík from selected European cities. Routes: To Iceland and back, from Berlin Schönefeld, Copenhagen and London Stansted. Travel Period: 5 January [...]
A round-up of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, as prepared by your unusually suspicious editors. Poetry might be dead, but somebody didn’t get the memo. The cool cats of Nýhil will be reading, like, poetry, between acts at Grand rokk tonight. The usual suspects are playing: Mr. Silla & Mongoose, Pétur Ben, Reykjavik! [...]
We’re slashing prices on flights to Iceland from our German destinations, with lots and lots of seats from €99, £69, or DKK 750, one-way, including taxes and charges. Open for Sale: From Monday 6 November, 10.00 CET (that’s 9am British Time), for five days. Travel Period: 6 November to 20 December 2006. Routes: To Iceland [...]
At the best little record store in Reykjavík, indie doesn’t necessarily mean small t-shirts. Just great coffee, impeccable manners, and the occasional autographed Lionel Ritchie album. If you’re looking for some fine Icelandic music, a selection of Icelandic presidential portraits, some damn fine coffee, or simply capitalism with a human face, go to directly to [...]
Introducing six more places from which to get to Reykjavík, fast and cheap. From 14 CET (1pm British Time) today, Tuesday 24 October, Iceland Express is opening for sale flights to Iceland from fourteen places in Europe next summer. That’s right — you’ll be able to fly to Iceland from London Stansted in the UK, [...]
From London to Iceland—and back—for £144 with our new and improved Icebreaker. We interrupt our programme for this short commercial break: On sale from today, our new Icebreaker fares from London Stansted to Reykjavík. What is it, you ask? Well, the Icebreaker is a fixed-price return flight thing where you get a return flight from [...]
The international hipster community prepares for a difficult weekend by donning wristbands, as the most important music festival in the solar system begins in Reykjavík tonight. Unless you’ve had more important things to think about, you’ll know that the annual Iceland Airwaves music festival starts in Reykjavík today, and continues through to Sunday. Beginning in [...]
18 October 2006 – 15:38
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Posted in 101, concerts, DJs, events, Festivals, iceland, iceland airwaves, Icelandic bands, icelandic music, nightlife, reykjavik
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