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RÚV English Radio
RÚV English Radio is the new name for the RÚV English Podcast. Every weekday you can find a brand new show from RÚV English Radio, right here. We cover everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places and more. Hear a new programme, in English, every day, on RÚV English Radio - part of Iceland's national broadcasting service, RÚV. If you have an idea for a show, or just want to get in touch, email anytime - english@ruv.is
Episodes
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Episode 423 - REYKJAVÍK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Today on RÚV English Radio, what lies ahead in RIFF 2024. RIFF (https://riff.is/en/) is a major festival of international film coming to the capital from…
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Episode 422 - HAFNARFJÖRÐUR MUSEUM: SÍVERTSENSHÚSIÐ
Today, RÚV English Radio returns to Hafnarfjörður Museum. The museum (https://byggdasafnid.is/en/) extends across a number of buildings. Sívertsen’s House…
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Episode 421 - CITY LIBRARY SINGALONGS
Today on RÚV English Radio, free singalongs for kids and parents alike. Valgeir Gestsson leads family morning singalongs…
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Episode 420 - SÖNGLEIKJASTÆLAR MEÐ BJARNI OG SIGGA EYRÚN - SONGS FROM THE MUSICALS
Today, 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…
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Episode 419 - AUÐSKILIÐ - MISUSED FLARES, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, a new episode of Auðskilið. Bjarni joins Darren again to read a news story in simple Icelandic. We go back a couple of weeks, to…
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Episode 418 - THE WEEK IN ICELAND: YAZAN, VIOLENCE, ALCOHOL, EUROVISION, AND ICELANDERS V TRUMP
Today on RÚV English Radio, a new episode of The Week In Iceland. Darren is joined by his RÚV colleague Valur Grettisson to discuss a busy seven days here in…
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Episode 417 - ERLENDUR FASHION WEEK
Today, RÚV English Radio previews a festival of fashion coming to Reykjavík. Erlendur Fashion Week Iceland (https://www.erlendurfashionweekiceland.com/) is a…
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Episode 416 - HAFNARFJÖRÐUR MUSEUM: A VILLAGE BECOMES A TOWN, 1960 - 1975
Today, RÚV English Radio returns to Hafnarfjörður Museum. Árni Pétur Árnason guides Darren around the exhibition "A Village Becomes A Town, 1960 - 1975", which…
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Episode 415 - 80s VEISLA, EGILSSTAÐIR
Today on RÚV English Radio, the 80s party happening this weekend in Egilsstaðir. Continuing an annual tradition, Tónleikafélag Austurland (The Music…
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Episode 414 - THE TREE
Today on RÚV English Radio, a new exhibition for children, coming to Reykjavík's Nordic House. "The Tree" is an exhibition…
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Episode 413 - AUÐSKILIÐ RETURNS
Today on RÚV English Radio, it's the return of Auðskilið - read along with a recent news story in Icelandic. A warm welcome to Bjarni Benedikt Björnsson, who…
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Episode 412 - MØROSE
Today on RÚV English Radio, the music of Mørose. Darren met Eysteinn and Irene from the band Mørose…
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Episode 411 - HAFNARFJÖRÐUR MUSEUM
Today, RÚV English Radio explores the history of Hafnarfjörður. The town's museum (https://byggdasafnid.is/en/) is located across a number of different…
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Episode 410 - RÚV ORÐ LAUNCHES
Today on RÚV English Radio, Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Iceland's Minister of Culture and Business Affairs, joins Darren as the RÚV ORÐ service fully launches. RÚV…
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Episode 409 - GLUGGI ÚT Í HEIM / WINDOW OUT TO THE WORLD, HÚSAVÍK
Today on RÚV English Radio, a new exhibition in Húsavík. Gluggi út í heim / Window out to the world seeks to increase visibility of foreign born locals that…
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Episode 408 - MATEY SEAFOOD FESTIVAL, VESTMANNAEYJAR
Vestmannaeyjar's Matey Seafood Festival is back. September 5 to 7 sees a real celebration of seafood hit the Westman Islands and Vestmannaeyjar. TimeOut…
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Episode 407 - HAFNARBORG EXHIBITIONS AND CURATOR CALL
Today, RÚV English Radio is at Hafnarborg, in Hafnarfjörður. The art space saw two new exhibitions launch yesterday. One is We See What We Want to See by Elín…
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Episode 406 - ICE CAVE COLLAPSE
Today 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…
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Episode 405 - HAMRABORG FESTIVAL 2024
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Kópavogur. It's time once again for the Hamraborg Festival, an artist-run art festival focusing on visual arts, site-specific…
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Episode 404 - SIGLUFJÖRÐUR COMICS FESTIVAL - THIS WEEKEND
Back in June, we previewed the Siglufjörður Comics Festival. Now it's almost here. This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, in the northern town of Siglufjörður, the…
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Episode 403 - ICELAND'S ONLY WHISKY DISTILLERY
Iceland is a whisky producing country - and it all comes from the Eimverk Distillery in Garðabær. Eimverk (https://flokiwhisky.is/story) is a family operated…
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Episode 402 - RUNNING FOR ATLI EÐVALDSSON
Today on RÚV English Radio, a very important Icelandic footballer is remembered. Atli Eðvaldsson was an Icelandic professional footballer who played as a…
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Episode 401 - R. M. HENDRIX
Today, the work of a musician whose music is directly inspired by his life here in Iceland. R.M. Hendrix is an experimental-pop musician…
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Episode 400 - STUDYING ICELANDIC MUSIC
Today on RÚV English Radio - what makes Icelandic music so special? Mareike Renerig is nearing the completion of her PhD in Icelandic music. She has spoken to…
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Episode 399 - ANTSY
Today on RÚV English Radio, the music of Antsy. Antsy (https://linktr.ee/iamantsy) is an indietronica and synthpop artist, originally from France, but living…
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Episode 398 - HOW TO BECOME ICELANDIC IN 60 MINUTES
Today on RÚV English Radio, the record-breaking Harpa hit that reveals the secrets of being Icelandic. Bjarni Þórsson is the writer, creator, and one of the…
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Episode 397 - virgin orchestra
Today on RÚV English Radio, another band making music here in Iceland. Stefanía Pálsdóttir, Starri Holm and Rún Árnadóttir are virgin orchestra…
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Episode 396 - AUÐSKILIÐ - EDUCATION DROP OUTS, in simple Icelandic
Today 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 back on a story…
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Episode 395 - FOLKLORE AND CUMIN ON VIÐEY ISLAND
Today on RÚV English Radio, two events coming up on Viðey island. Viðey is a small island just off the shore of Reykjavík. Famously, it is the location of the…
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Episode 394 - WHALES OF ICELAND
Today on RÚV English Radio, a visit to one of the capital's favourite attractions. Whales Of Iceland (https://www.whalesoficeland.is/) is Europe's biggest…
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Episode 393 - THE MAVERICK MINSTREL
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Akranes, listening to The Maverick Minstrel. Cyrus writes hopeful and happy songs on his acoustic guitar, as The Maverick…
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Episode 392 - MIKAEL LIND
Today on RÚV English Radio, the music of Mikael Lind. Mikael's music is electronic, but definitely with a classical touch too. It can be heard not just on…
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Episode 391 - AUÐSKILIÐ - AIRPORT PARKING CHARGES, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of Auðskilið. Atli joins Darren again to read a news story in simple Icelandic. We go back a couple of months…
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Episode 390 - HARP AND ARP
Today, RÚV English Radio hears music which brings together old and new. Katie Buckley and Jesper Pedersen play the harps and the Arps respectively, and their…
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Episode 389 - THE WEEK IN ICELAND: WEEKENDS, WEATHER, ERUPTIONS, PUFFINS, AND PRESIDENTS
Today on RÚV English Radio, a new episode of The Week In Iceland. Darren is joined by his RÚV colleague Birta Björnsdóttir to look back on the Commerce…
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Episode 388 - CLOUD
Today on RÚV English Radio, the music of Cloud. Cloud (https://open.spotify.com/artist/13acIjnkmm2EL9yODeuFRd?si=rJiZn53tS5-2SqWX5F6e6g) is from France, and…
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Episode 387 - REYKJAVÍK PRIDE/HINSEGIN DAGAR
Pride comes to the capital next week. This year sees the 25th anniversary of Pride in Reykjavík (https://hinsegindagar.is/en/), so it's a big one. Darren met…
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Episode 386 - AUÐSKILIÐ - EMERGENCY EXERCISES, in simple Icelandic
Today 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 back on a story…
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Episode 385 - THE INNIPÚKINN FESTIVAL 2024
Today, RÚV English Radio previews this weekend's Innipúkinn Festival in downtown Reykjavík. Innipúkinn (https://www.facebook.com/Innipukinnfestival) has been…
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Episode 384 - EAST ICELAND HERITAGE MUSEUM: REINDEER
Today, RÚV English Radio returns to the East Iceland Heritage Museum in Egilsstaðir. The museum (https://www.minjasafn.is/english) hosts a permanent exhibition…
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Episode 383 - GLÓDIS GUNNARSDÓTTIR
Today on RÚV English Radio, the jazz and blues sounds of Glódis Gunnarsdóttir. Amongst other places, Glódis lived in Wales for many years, before moving back…
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Episode 382 - THE WILDERNESS CENTRE
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Norðurdalur in Fljótsdalur, in East Iceland. At the Wilderness Centre (www.wilderness.is) guests experience the spirit of the…
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Episode 381 - AUÐSKILIÐ - THE "MASK" AWARDS, in simple Icelandic
Today 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 back on a story…
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Episode 380 - POSSIMISTE
Today, another artist making interesting music here in Iceland. The creator of the world of Possimiste (https://www.possimiste.com/) is a young Estonian-born…
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Episode 379 - THE LEADER SHEEP MUSEUM
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Svalbarð at Þistilfjörður. The Leader Sheep Museum and Study Centre (https://www.forystusetur.is/en) celebrates this very…
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Episode 378 - EAST ICELAND EMIGRATION CENTRE
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Vopnafjörður. The East Iceland Emigration Centre (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064365446963) is an organisation of…
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Episode 377 - GÍSLI GUNNARSSON
Today, RÚV English Radio meets composer Gísli Gunnarsson. Last year he relased 'Mementos', a double-LP where the concept was that each track had a different…
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Episode 376 - JONNY BEARDMORE'S GALAPAGOS POSTMAN CHALLENGE COMES TO ICELAND
Today, RÚV English Radio meets a man making two special deliveries in Iceland. Jonny Beardmore is a solo traveller from New Zealand making his way around the…
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Episode 375 - MIGHTY BEAR
Today, RÚV English Radio meets Icelandic musician Mighty Bear. "Angurværð" is the latest EP from Mighty Bear (https://www.mightybearmusic.com/), and sees a…
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Episode 374 - SAUÐANESHÚS
Today, RÚV English Radio is at Sauðaneshús, on the Langanes peninsula in northeast Iceland. Just north of Þórshöfn, Sauðaneshús…
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Episode 373 - THE WEEK IN ICELAND: TAKEOVERS, RENTAL CARS, PAY-AS-YOU-DRIVE, TURBULENCE, RELIGION
Today on RÚV English Radio, a new episode of The Week In Iceland. Darren is joined by his RÚV colleague Pétur Magnússon to look back on a week of takeovers and…
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Episode 372 - THE SHORELESS SEA
The Shoreless Sea are an Icelandic-British band. Amelia Samuel from the band (https://theshorelesssea.com/) is based in Iceland, while rest of the members are…
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Episode 371 - AUÐSKILIÐ - PAYING ON THE BUS, in simple Icelandic
Today 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 back on a story…
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Episode 370 - THE MUSIC OF MASAYA OZAKI
Masaya Ozaki is a Japanese composer living and working in Iceland. Masaya's (https://www.masayaozaki.com/) music reflects his love of water, and lighthouses -…
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Episode 369 - LANDNÁMSKONAN, EAST ICELAND HERITAGE MUSEUM
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Egilsstaðir. The East Iceland Heritage Museum - https://www.minjasafn.is/english - preserves the history of the region by…
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Episode 368 - FISH DON'T LIKE MILK
Today, RÚV English Radio meets Tomas Perinka, the musician behind Fish Don't Like Milk. Fish Don't Like Milk is an ambient and electronic project by Tomas…
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Episode 367 - MARC ALEXANDER
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Fáskrúðsfjörður. Marc Alexander is an American collage artist living and working in Iceland. He's at the heart of the ongoing…
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Episode 366 - AUÐSKILIÐ - E-SCOOTER LAW, in simple Icelandic
Today 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 back on a May…
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Episode 365 - NOVAMENTE VAGO (VALDEMAR GOMES)
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Eiðar, in East Iceland. Valdemar Gomes is from Portugal, and works in the Hostel and Apartments in Eiðar, ten minutes north of…
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Episode 364 - INNSÆVI ARTS FESTIVAL, FJARÐABYGGÐ
Today, RÚV English Radio is back in Neskaupstaður. The Innsævi arts festival (https://www.facebook.com/innsaevi/) is on right now across the towns of…