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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 902 - LEARNING ICELANDIC WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIO - AUÐSKILIÐ - GUNNAR ÞÓRÐARSON, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, some more bite-sized Icelandic language learning, in the latest weekly episode of Auðskilið. Each week, as part of our regular…
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Episode 901 - WORLD PIANO TEACHERS ASSOCIATION ICELAND: INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION & FESTIVAL 2026
Today on RÚV English Radio, the free feast of wonderful piano music available for you to enjoy. WPTA (World Piano Teachers Association) Iceland brings its…
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Episode 900 - INTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION: ICELAND CYCLING EXPEDITION
Today on RÚV English Radio, the cycling expedition deep into the Icelandic highlands raising funds for a great cause. War veteran, husband, father, and…
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Episode 899 - THE NEST
Today on RÚV English Radio, a look ahead to Pride generally, and, in more detail, a new exhibition called The Nest. The Nest is a corner of Reykjavik City…
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Episode 899 - THE NEST & REYKJAVÍK PRIDE
Today on RÚV English Radio, a look ahead to Pride generally, and, in more detail, a new exhibition called The Nest. The Nest is a corner of Reykjavik City…
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Episode 898 - AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: NATURE AND LIFE BY THE OPEN SEA, RAUFARHÖFN
Today on RÚV English Radio, the art course returning to the town starting on Monday. From Monday, the Reykjavík School of Visual Arts is running an interesting…
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Episode 897 - TANKARNIR RAUFARHÖFN
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Raufarhöfn, in north east Iceland. The two former fish oil tanks in the town of Raufarhöfn have now been beautifully repurposed…
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Episode 896 - LEARNING ICELANDIC WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIO - AUÐSKILIÐ - COMMERCE DAY, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, some more bite-sized Icelandic language learning, in the latest weekly episode of Auðskilið. Each week, as part of our regular…
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Episode 895 - VÍNLANDSSETRIÐ LEIFSBÚÐ / LEIFUR EIRÍKSSON CENTRE, BÚÐARDALUR
Today on RÚV English Radio - beating Christopher Columbus to North America by half a millennium... Buðardalur's Leifur Eiríksson Centre…
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Episode 894 - LJÓMALIND SVEITAMARKAÐUR, BORGARNES
Today on RÚV English Radio, the much-loved farmers' market in Borgarnes. Ljómalind (https://www.facebook.com/LjomalindLocalMarket/) is a market shop in…
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Episode 893 - FAMILY FUN / FJÖLSKYLDUFJÖR
Today on RÚV English Radio, the free family fun days available to all families and children. Children and their families can enjoy completely free daytrips to…
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Episode 892 - LEARNING ICELANDIC WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIO - AUÐSKILIÐ - DIMMUBORGIR, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, some more bite-sized Icelandic language learning, in the latest weekly episode of Auðskilið. Each week, as part of our regular…
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Episode 891 - LONESOME HUNTER AND THE LANGSPIL'S AMERICAN COUSIN
Today on RÚV English Radio, the connections being made between traditional Icelandic and American music. Gabriel Dunsmith is one half of Lonesome Hunter…
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Episode 890 - EU ACCESSION TALKS REFERENDUM: THE VIEW FROM BRUSSELS AND BEYOND
Today on RÚV English Radio, a look ahead to the referendum on whether to resume accession talks with the EU. On 29 August, Icelandic citizens will be asked if…
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Episode 889 - REYKHOLT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Today on RÚV English Radio, Reykholt Chamber Music Festival: founded in and held annually around the date of the consecration of Reykholt's church, around the…
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Episode 888 - HVALNESVITI
Today, RÚV English Radio is in South East Iceland. Hvalnesviti is one of Iceland's iconic orange lighthouses, between Höfn and Djúpivogur. RÚV English Radio is…
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Episode 887 - LEARNING ICELANDIC WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIO - AUÐSKILIÐ - MEGAS, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, some more bite-sized Icelandic language learning, in the latest weekly episode of Auðskilið. Each week, as part of our regular…
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Episode 886 - ANTIKBÚÐIN
Today on RÚV English Radio, the shop that seems to use magic to find room for all that it sells! Antikbúðin (https://www.facebook.com/Antikbudin) is an antique…
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Episode 885 - WARREN APPLEBY: INSPIRED BY ICELAND
Today, the music of a man who found inspiration in and on Iceland's Reynisfjara beach. Warren Appleby (https://applebyrocks.com/home) is an American rock…
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Episode 884 - HJARTA ÁSBRÚAR
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Ásbrú. Hjarta Ásbrúar (https://hjartaasbruar.com) is a new community project in Ásbrú's old theatre and cinema, Andrews Theater…
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Episode 883 - ZLATA MARIAN
Today on RÚV English Radio, the music of Zlata Marian. Zlata Marian (https://soundcloud.com/zlata-marian) is a music producer from Ukraine who has lived in…
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Episode 882- LEARNING ICELANDIC WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIO - AUÐSKILIÐ - (NOT) OFF-ROADING IN ICELAND, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, some more bite-sized Icelandic language learning, in the latest weekly episode of Auðskilið. Each week, as part of our regular…
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Episode 881 - THE REYKJAVÍK GRAPEVINE
Today on RÚV English Radio, Darren again visits the offices of The Reykjavík Grapevine magazine. The Reykjavík Grapevine is Iceland’s most widely read…
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Episode 880 - GÁRUR, FUNI: BÁRA GRÍMSDÓTTIR & CHRIS FOSTER
Today on RÚV English Radio, the third album by Funi - Bára Grímsdóttir and Chris Foster - it's a mix of Icelandic songs from the last few hundred years, right…
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Episode 879 - MARTÍN ZARAMÁN
Today on RÚV English Radio, the music and poetry of Martín Zaramán. Martín (https://martinzaraman.com/) is a Spanish-born poet and musician who moved to…
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Episode 878 - VON DARKO
Today on RÚV English Radio, the Reykjavík band Von Darko. Reykjavík's Von Darko (https://open.spotify.com/artist/3GFs5yfBymxINPVncAC7Q7) bring together…
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Episode 877 - LEARNING ICELANDIC WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIO - AUÐSKILIÐ - UNDERWEAR IN THE SWIMMING POOL, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, some more bite-sized Icelandic language learning, in the latest weekly episode of Auðskilið. Each week, as part of our regular…
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Episode 876 - NINA BASDRAS: GREECE AND ICELAND
Today on RÚV English Radio, the singer and musician bridging Iceland and Greece. Nina Basdras (info@ninabasdras.com) is a Greek singer and musician living in…
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Episode 875 - PAUL PLATTS
Today on RÚV English Radio, the music of Paul Platts. Love, a DJ set, and a coincidence, brought Paul to Iceland, where he's lived for eight years. He's a…
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Episode 874 - SNÆVAR ÖRN ÓLAFSSON
Today on RÚV English Radio, the poetry - and music - of Snævar Örn Ólafsson. Snævar Örn (https://linktr.ee/snaevarmusic) has been writing poetry since he was…
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Episode 873 - ROMAN SIGNER: ICELANDIC WORKS - SKAFTFELL, SEYÐISFJÖRÐUR
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Seyðisfjörður. Roman Signer is a Swiss artist, who since the early 1990s has been visiting Iceland to travel and also to create…
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Episode 872 - LEARNING ICELANDIC WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIO - AUÐSKILIÐ - WORKER RIGHTS, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, some more bite-sized Icelandic language learning, in the latest weekly episode of Auðskilið. Each week, as part of our regular…
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Episode 871 - KORSILETTURNAR
Today on RÚV English Radio, the music of Korsiletturnar. Korsiletturnar (https://linktr.ee/korsiletturnar) are an Icelandic jazz & swing band with a love for…
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Episode 870 - ARTUR KOSZYK
Today on RÚV English Radio, the music of Artur Koszyk. Artur (https://www.facebook.com/ArturKoszyk) lives and works in west Iceland - and makes a lot of…
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Episode 869 - OLGA: FRAGMENTS - echoes of a father, HAFNARBORG, HAFNARFJÖRÐUR
Today on RÚV English Radio, a special mix of music and spoken word coming to Hafnafjörður tomorrow. In FRAGMENTS - echoes of a father, vocal ensemble Olga…
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Episode 868 - FJALLSBUR
Today on RÚV English radio, the music of Fjallsbur. Fjallsbur (https://linktr.ee/fjallsbur) is the solo project of Sigurboði, an Icelandic…
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Episode 867 - VALUR GUNNARSSON: VANISHED VIKINGS - GREENLAND AND ICELAND FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO TODAY
Today on RÚV English Radio: a mystery. What happened to the sizeable and thriving Norse colony in Greenland, some time in the 15th century? What might have…
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Episode 866 - LEARNING ICELANDIC WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIO - AUÐSKILIÐ - ICELAND'S NATIONAL DAY, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, some more bite-sized Icelandic language learning, in the latest weekly episode of Auðskilið. Each week, as part of our regular…
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Episode 865 - YOUR EMAILS, & RÚV's FOREIGN DESK
Today on RÚV English Radio... Darren reads some of your emails (keep them coming to english@ruv.is), and there's some coverage from RÚV's foreign desk: an…
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Episode 864 - GRAFFÍLL FESTIVAL, HÖFN
The award winning Graffíll Festival is back in Höfn this summer. After a hugely successful debut last year, the Graffíll Festival of youth culture returns to…
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Episode 863 - VIOLIN, TRUMPET, AND PIANO: HÓLAR, REYKJAVÍK, SELFOSS
Today on RÚV English Radio, the trio playing across Iceland from this Sunday. Katherine Gilger, David Dash and Michael Spiroff will bring their violin, trumpet…
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Episode 862 - LEARNING ICELANDIC WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIO - AUÐSKILIÐ - PRISONS, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, some more bite-sized Icelandic language learning, in the latest weekly episode of Auðskilið. Each week, as part of our regular…
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Episode 861 - haus.fest
This Saturday, 13 June, Iceland’s largest creative community, .haus, welcomes you to haus.fest at hafnar.haus, a free afternoon of open studios, workshops…
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Episode 860 - SKÖPUNARMIÐSTÖÐIN / FISH FACTORY: CREATIVE CENTRE OF STÖÐVARFJÖRÐUR
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Stöðvarfjörður. A former fish factory lends its name and cavernous premises to Sköpunarmiðstöðin (https://fishfactory.is/about/)…
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Episode 859 - NEURODIVERSITY AND CREATIVITY: UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND & REYKJAVÍK ARTS FESTIVAL
Autism and Neurodiversity in the Beneath Ecologies of Creative Collaboration is the full name of a conference beginning tomorrow (9 June). It's…
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Episode 858 - HALLI GUÐMUNDSSON
Today, the jazz music of Halli Guðmundsson. Halli (https://open.spotify.com/artist/7DwQq7CAnk1xLn3Z4z3a1u) is a composer, lyricist, independent record…
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Episode 857 - LEARNING ICELANDIC WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIO - AUÐSKILIÐ - FISH ESCAPE, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, some more bite-sized Icelandic language learning, in the latest weekly episode of Auðskilið. Each week, as part of our regular…
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Episode 856 - MARGOT GAMM: GAMLABÚÐ, HÖFN
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Höfn. Margot Gamm (1931–2007) enriched the cultural life of Hornafjörður with her artistic talent, and her teaching. The first…
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Episode 855 - ARTIST RESEARCH RESIDENCY: ÞÓRSMÖRK, NESKAUPSTAÐUR
Today, RÚV English Radio is in the Eastfjörds of Iceland. The Fjarðabyggð Cultural Centre offers free research stays in Þórsmörk in Neskaupstaður…
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Episode 854 - ICELANDIC HOUSE OF NORTHERN LIGHTS, FÁSKRÚÐSFJÖRÐUR
Today on RÚV English Radio, the attraction that saves itself for winter. In the beautiful Eastfjörds town of Fáskrúðsfjörður, you'll find the Icelandic House…
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Episode 853 - HÖFN LIBRARY
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Höfn. You can do much more than simply borrow books in Höfn's library. Darren went to hear more from librarian Sandra Björg…
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Episode 852 - LEARNING ICELANDIC WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIO - AUÐSKILIÐ - BUYING A BUILDING, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, some more bite-sized Icelandic language learning, in the latest weekly episode of Auðskilið. Each week, as part of our regular…
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Episode 851 - INNSÆVI 2026, FJARÐABYGGÐ
The Innsævi arts festival returns across Fjarðabyggð next month. The arts festival Innsævi spans nearly three weeks, from 1 to 20 June. The festival covers the…
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Episode 850 - CONNECTED BY FOOD & WORLD FOOD CAFÉ
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Egilsstaðir. We last spoke to Daria Andronachi about a "meet the candidates" pre-election event…
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Episode 849 - KORDA SAMFÓNÍA, HARPA
On RÚV English Radio, an orchestra like no other, who perform at Harpa, tomorrow (26 May). Korda Samfónía presents its annual grand concert in Silfurberg…
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Episode 848 - LESUM SAMAN
Today on RÚV English Radio, the project that brings people together to further the learning of Icelandic. Founded by a Spanish family in Iceland from personal…
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Episode 847 - LEARNING ICELANDIC WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIO - AUÐSKILIÐ - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, some more bite-sized Icelandic language learning, in this week's episode of Auðskilið. Each week, as part of our regular…
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Episode 846 - YRKJA, AÐVENTKIRKJAN, REYKJAVÍK
On RÚV English Radio, the new women’s vocal ensemble, Yrkja, who perform at the Advent Church tomorrow. Yrkja's first concert is at 8pm tomorrow, May 21, at…
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Episode 845 - GAMLABÚÐ, HÖFN
Today on RÚV English Radio, the oldest building in Höfn - put to many modern uses, including the teaching of Icelandic. Gamlabúð…
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Episode 844 - VET CYCLES RING ROAD FOR WHALES
Today on RÚV English Radio - the French vet you might see on Route One over the next fortnight. Arnaud Boucard is a vet - and triathlon enthusiast…