Contemporary church attendance in Iceland is very low, with only 10 per cent of the population reporting that they go to church once a month or more and 50 per cent saying they never go at all.

The churches of Iceland are consistently built on the tops of hills, assuring that any volcanic destruction that befalls the island will merely kill every citizen on the island, ...

Discover the fascinating story behind Iceland's most famous church, Hallgrímskirkja, and find out why its unique design resembles a volcano. This architectural marvel draws inspiration from Iceland's ...

While most countries in Europe boast grand Gothic and Renaissance cathedrals, Iceland's churches are all very modern in design.

Iceland's dramatic landscape is dotted with equally spectacular religious architecture.Here's eight of our favourite churches built in the country's unique style, which take cues from Modernism ...

Iceland’s Catholic Church is booming as fast as the domestic economy, and on the vigil of All Saints, one of the curiosities — and the most obvious characteristics of that growth — is how ...

Búðir, the black church, Iceland. Credit: Andrés Nieto Porras via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) The beginnings of Catholicism in Iceland ...

Many modernist churches in Iceland are futuristic odes to this original architectural model. For example, the churches that celebrated Icelandic architect Ragnar Emilsson designed ...