Category Archives: northern iceland

Road Tripping

Driving around Iceland’s famous Ring Road might be like flicking through the pages of a geography book, but it’s not all wild and remote — along the way you’ll have to pass through a handful of towns. We’ll just call them “cities” for fun, ok?

Reykjavík, City of Fear
Population 190,000
Your starting point, and the only real […]

2 July 2007 – 13:55 | By Annie | Also posted in iceland, southern iceland, Adventure in Iceland, reykjavik, eastern iceland, mývatn, keflavík, Western Iceland, ring road | Comments (2)

Something for July: The Summer Stupor Edition

A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík and beyond this July, as prepared by your not-quite-used-to-the-midnight-sun editors.

Bad Taste, the label that brought you Björk and Sigur Rós has opened a store and gallery downtown, featuring the exhibit ‘Lobster or Fame’. We’ll have the fame, lightly sautéed.
In case you missed them 30 years ago, Toto will play Iceland’s biggest venue 10 […]

28 June 2007 – 10:24 | By Erik | Also posted in iceland, music, icelandic music, events, Festivals, Icelandic bands, concerts | Comments (0)

Something for the Weekend: The Arty Out of Towner’s Edition

Iceland wakes up again.

Starting this Friday, the Young Art Festival, organized by Hitt Húsið, a cultural centre for “young people.” (Well, 17-25 year-olds. After that you’re old, apparently.) The first night, at Tjarnarbíó, is dedicated to students of The Icelandic Academy of Arts, and the fun starts at nine. Watch out for the street performers.
Later […]

2 November 2006 – 13:07 | By Margrét | Also posted in iceland, nightlife, drinking, reykjavik, Bars in Iceland, 101, music, icelandic music, events, Visual Arts, Icelandic bands, concerts, clubs, mr silla | Comments (2)

Helga Kvam was here

Meet Helga Kvam, a one–woman, one–camera tourist board.

If you’re looking for pictures of Iceland on Flickr, chances are that sooner than later you’ll run into Helga Kvam, a music teacher living in Svalbarðsströnd, north of Akureyri.
Why? Because she takes lots and lots of stunningly beautiful photos of Iceland.
And we’re not the only ones noticing. From […]

18 October 2006 – 2:16 | By valgeir | Also posted in iceland, nature, people, Helga Kvam, photography | Comments (8)

Mývatn: Lake of Ice, Fire, Hidden People, Man’s Harmony with Nature, etc.

Ok — of Midges, actually.
Right. We’ll be the first to admit that the name isn’t very appealing, but then again, back when our Viking ancestors were still roaming the land, having those ridiculous feuds and thinking up names for places, they probably weren’t too concerned about how they would play in tourist brochures a thousand […]