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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 543 - THE WEEK IN ICELAND, FROM AKUREYRI: BLÖNDUÓS LAYOFFS, ÍSAFJÖRÐUR FLIGHTS, SANDGERÐI FLOODS, ÖSKUDAGUR
Today on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of The Week In Iceland, from Akureyri. Darren visited his RÚV colleague Ólöf Rún Erlendsdóttir in the northern…
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Episode 542 - REYKJAVÍK FOOD & FUN
Today on RÚV English Radio, we preview the collision of food and fun next week in the capital! Reykjavík Food & Fun Festival (https://foodandfun.is) pairs…
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Episode 541 - AUÐSKILIÐ - CITIZENS ABROAD, 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 look at the Icelandic citizens…
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Episode 540 - MIKAEL MÁNI ÁSMUNDSSON
Today on RÚV English Radio, the music of Mikael Mani Ásmundsson. Guitarist Mikael Máni Ásmundsson (https://www.mikaelmanimusic.com) recently received two…
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Episode 539 - DAN VAN DANGO
Today on RÚV English Radio, the music of Dan Van Dango. Iceland's Dan Van Dango's (https://www.danvandango.com/) fourth album, Litlar lygar…
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Episode 538 - THE WEEK IN ICELAND: TEACHERS, WEATHER, AIRPORTS, REDUNDANCY, BOLLUDAGUR
Today on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of The Week In Iceland. Darren is joined by his RÚV colleague Ingibjörg Sara Guðmundsdóttir to review the last…
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Episode 537 - AEQUORA: THE MUSIC OF FOUR ICELANDIC COMPOSERS
Today, a new album of music by four Icelandic composers is released - RÚV English Radio speaks to the duo behind "Aequora". Pianist Mina Gajić and violinist…
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Episode 536 - AUÐSKILIÐ - SÖNGVAKEPPNIN, 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 look at last Saturday's…
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Episode 535 - SWELL
Today on RÚV English Radio, an exhibition which opened at Reykjavík's Kjarvalsstaðir on Saturday. Swell: Women’s Initiative in Icelandic Art in the Eighties…
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Episode 534 - SVAVAR KNÚTUR
Today on RÚV English Radio, the music of Svavar Knútur. Svavar Knútur (https://www.svavarknutur.com) is a singer-songwriter based in Akureyri. who released the…
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Episode 533 - THE WEEK IN ICELAND: SÖNGVAKEPPNIN, WAGES, COUNCILS, BUSES, LICENCES
Today on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of The Week In Iceland. Darren is joined by his RÚV colleague Ingunn Lára Kristjánsdóttir to review the last…
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Episode 532 - AUÐSKILIÐ - CRUMBLING ROADS, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, a bonus Friday episode of Auðskilið! Bjarni joins Darren again to read a news story in simple Icelandic. We look at the rapidly…
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Episode 531 - AUDSKILID - ÞORRABLÓT ILLNESS, 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 look at a case of recent…
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Episode 530 - REYKJAVÍK PARK AND ZOO
Today on RÚV English Radio, the goats, cows, pigs, and other animals, at Reykjavík Park and Zoo. The park and zoo (https://mu.is/en/) is open every day of the…
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Episode 529 - THE SUN VOYAGER / SÓLFAR
Today on RÚV English Radio, the iconic sculpture at the heart of Iceland's capital. In 1986, the association of Reykjavík's west end funded a competition for a…
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Episode 528 - THE WEEK IN ICELAND: WAGES, SÖNGVAKEPPNIN, POTHOLES & TAR, S.A.D., TREES
Today on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of The Week In Iceland. Darren is joined by journalist Jelena Ćirić to review the last seven days here in…
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Episode 527 - KLIÐUR, IN WHALES OF ICELAND
Today on RÚV English Radio, a special weekend show, in a special place. The choir Kliður (https://klidur.squarespace.com/english), known for composing and…
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Episode 526 - ELECTRIC ÍSLAND
Today on RÚV English Radio, a new album of electronic music inspired by Iceland. Michael Mc Elroy, an electronic musician from Ireland, is about to release his…
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Episode 525 - QUESTIONS ABOUT LOVE
Today on RÚV English Radio, the free lunchtime concerts at two city libraries on Friday and Saturday. This Friday (Valentine's Day), and Saturday, singer…
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Episode 524 - ICELAND CHEER
Today on RÚV English Radio - cheerleading in Iceland. It's a thing! Ieva Dambrauskiene is the CEO of The Dance Space Reykjavik, and runs classes for aspiring…
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Episode 523 - AUÐSKILIÐ - INFLATION, in simple Icelandic
Today on RÚV English Radio, a new episode of Auðskilið - for a change, on a Monday! Bjarni joins Darren again to read a news story in simple Icelandic. We look…
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Episode 522 - CHRISTMAS IN FEBRUARY
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Mossfellsbær - where it is still Christmas. The festive spirit extends well beyond Christmas at the house of Lára Halla Maack…
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Episode 521 - AUÐSKILIÐ - POTHOLES, 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 look at the potholes popping up…
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Episode 520 - WINTER LIGHTS FESTIVAL
Today on RÚV English Radio, the light coming to the Icelandic winter. The Winter Lights Festival 2025 (https://reykjavik.is/en/winter-lights-festival) runs…
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Episode 519 - LEITIN AÐ ORÐUM / THE SEARCH FOR WORDS
Today on RÚV English Radio, a new book for Icelandic learners. Kristín Gudmundsdóttir's new book, Leitin að orðum (The Search For Words), has been published…
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Episode 518 - THE WEEK IN ICELAND: WEATHER, SCHOOLS, VÍKINGUR, McDONALDS
Today on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of The Week In Iceland. Darren is joined by his RÚV colleague Árni Matthíasson to review the last seven days…
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Episode 517 - ICELANDIC CHILLI JAMS
Today on RÚV English Radio, the hot Icelandic twist on jam. Ívar Örn Hansen starting making chilli jams at the request of his wife. Now, from his facility in…
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Episode 516 - AUÐSKILIÐ - VIGDÍS, 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 look at the "Vigdís craze"…
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Episode 515 - LAVA SHOW
Today on RÚV English Radio, we talk all things lava. Why do eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula leave air travel unaffected? Is another one imminent? What's…
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Episode 514 - ÓSLAND
Today, RÚV English Radio is on Iceland's south coast. Ósland (https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1006788046/osland-hofn-hornafirdi/) is an island area…
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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…
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Episode 512 - DARK MUSIC DAYS 2025
Dark Music Days is a three-day annual celebration of contemporary classical music in Iceland, starting today, Friday 24th January. The Dark Music Days festival…
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Episode 511 - AUÐSKILIÐ - SMOKING KILLS, 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 look at the story of new…
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Episode 510 - CITIZEN SCIENTISTS AT KATLA
Today on RÚV English Radio, tourism with a difference, at Katla Geopark. Katla Geopark's science expeditions…
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Episode 509 - COZYCRAFTYCLUB
Today on RÚV English Radio, the crafting club meeting each Wednesday in Reykjavík. Sigrún Finna Snædal owns and runs the Mosinn Art Boutique on Garðastræti…
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Episode 508 - THE REYKJAVÍK INTERNATIONAL GAMES 2025
Today on RÚV English Radio, we preview a fortnight of global sport in the capital. Reykjavik International Games is a feast of sports with competition in about…
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Episode 507 - THE REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Today, RÚV English Radio looks at the history of photography in Iceland. At the capital's Museum of Photography (https://borgarsogusafn.is/en), around seven…
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Episode 506 - PIES IN ICELAND
Today, RÚV English Radio tracks down a rarity in Iceland - the pie. Despite having no shortage of meat, fish and other ingredients to fill them, Iceland is not…
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Episode 505 - THE OUTGOING U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ICELAND
Today, Darren talks to Carrin F. Patman, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Iceland. Carrin was appointed by President Biden on August 7, 2022 - and her term…
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Episode 504 - THE ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNCIL OF MÝRDALSHREPPUR
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Vík, on Iceland's south coast, in the municipality of Mýrdalshreppur. The English Speaking Council of Mýrdalshreppur…
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Episode 503 - THE GRUMPY WHALE / FÚLI HVALURINN
Today, Darren talks to author Rebecca Caroline Kent. Her book, The Grumpy Whale, is an environmental tale for children, inspired by Icelandic folklore, and her…
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Episode 502 - SKAFTÁRSTOFA: VATNAJÖKULL NATIONAL PARK VISITOR CENTRE
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Kirkjubæjarklaustur. Skaftárstofa (https://www.vatnajokulsthjodgardur.is/en/areas/lakagigar/skaftarstofa1) is the Vatnajökull…
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Episode 501 - AUÐSKILIÐ - SÖNGVAKEPPNIN 2025, 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 look at the story of this year's…
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Episode 500 - SKÓGASAFN
Today, on our 500th show, RÚV English Radio visits Skógasafn, right next to the Skógar waterfall, just off Route One, in South Iceland. The facility…
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Episode 499 - COFFEE AND HOLLY
Today's show from RÚV English Radio comes from Vík. Iceland is a big coffee-drinking nation, especially with its heat and caffeine being of assistance during…
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Episode 498 - SVAVARSSAFN GALLERY, HÖFN
Today, RÚV English Radio is in Höfn. Svavarssafn is a contemporary art museum at Höfn in Hornafjordur. It's currently host to an exhibition by local artist…
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Episode 497 - AUÐSKILIÐ - THE FROZEN BIRD, in simple Icelandic
Bjarni joins Darren again to read a news story in simple Icelandic. We look at the story of the rescued bird in Reykjavík's city centre lake last month. As…
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Episode 496 - ICELAND, VIA WYOMING
Today, RÚV English Radio talks to an author who loves Iceland, and sees parallels with her home in Wyoming. Despite her love for rural Wyoming, where she…
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Episode 495 - WHAT'S AHEAD IN 2025?
We kick off 2025 with a look ahead. Darren heard from various museums and cultural houses around the nation, about their plans for 2025. You'll hear from Harpa…
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Episode 494 - THE YEAR IN ICELAND
2024 wasn't all elections and eruptions, but there were plenty of those. This special show looks back on the year through editions of The Week In Iceland. RÚV…
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Episode 493 - AROUND ICELAND WITH RÚV ENGLISH RADIO
RÚV English Radio regularly travels around the country to find interesting stories. Today, some of the shows we made in 2024, in Akureyri, Grundarfjörður…
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Episode 492 - AUÐSKILIÐ - IT'S ALMOST NEW YEAR, 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 look ahead to the new year…
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Episode 491 - CHRISTMAS CANDLES LIVE AGAIN
Today on RÚV English Radio - what happens to all the bits of old Christmas candle that don't quite burn down? Birna Kerti (https://www.facebook.com/birnakerti)…
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Episode 490 - SIGGI'S CHRISTMAS SONGS
It's Christmas Day! Let's celebrate in Icelandic style. Darren is joined by his friend and colleague from Rás 2, Siggi Gunnars, who selects his favourite…
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Episode 489 - JÓLABJÖR!
Today on RÚV English Radio, the twenty five year old song celebrating Iceland's Christmas beer tradition. The Höfn band Parket have been together for a quarter…
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Episode 488 - CHRISTMAS BEGINS (HOW TO DO JÓL IN ICELAND)
It's Þorláksmessa - and that means jól is well underway! Ethnologist Björk Bjarnadóttir (illugaskotta@gmail.com) is back with Darren to guide us through the…
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Episode 487 - THE OSLO TREE
Every year, Reykjavík receives a Christmas tree from Oslo, Norway - or does it? Helga Maureen Gylfadóttir from the Reykjavík City Museum explains all to…
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Episode 486 - AUÐSKILIÐ - CHRISTMAS, 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 look ahead to Christmas in…
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Episode 485 - ICELAND NOIR: CHARLES SPENCER
The recent Iceland Noir literary festival attracted guests from all over the world, including Charles Spencer, who has written a book detailing his unhappy…
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Episode 484 - PACO G. SEIGNON
Today on RÚV English Radio, a musician who spans countless genres. Paco G. Seignon is a singer-songwriter based in Reykjavík, whose music…