REYKJAVIK, Iceland - In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories abound of the "hidden folk" - thousands of elves, ...

HAFNARFJORDUR, ICELAND — Iceland is known for its northern lights and black sand beaches, but there's another layer of magic in this Nordic island nation that many visitors might miss. In the town of ...

SELFOSS, Iceland (Reuters) - We went looking for elves in Iceland. Sign up here. Belief in the unseen runs so high here that the Public Roads Administration sometimes delays or reroutes road ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories abound of the "hidden folk" -- thousands of ...

Today, Icelanders’ belief in elves may not be outwardly admitted, but it would be political suicide to claim they don’t exist. Recently, in a blaze of publicity, MP Arni Johnsen had a 50-tonne boulder ...

For the full story, click here. Before the pandemic, Here & Now spent a week in Iceland covering environmental issues — and everywhere we went, we heard about elves! Not only does more than half the ...

In Iceland, the Christmas holiday tradition includes not one, but 13 Santa Clauses — brothers who live in the mountains with their parents, creating all manner of mischief, including giving naughty ...

Nancy Marie Brown has traveled to Iceland 30 times in 35 years. The stony, often desolate country calls to her in screams and whispers. On her trips to the far north island nation, the East Burke ...

Iceland is renowned for its elf lore and miniature houses, as depicted in Netflix’s “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.” This itty-bitty one-bedroom, one-bathroom fully-furnished elf ...

There's a bunch of different ways you can spend a flight layover - get some sleep, get some food, check out the airport bookstore. But journalist Jelisa Castrodale had something a little different in ...

(AP) In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories abound of the “hidden folk” thousands of elves, making their homes ...