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Category Archives: northern lights


The Most Depressing Day of the Year

Restricted Icelandic daylight hours could make the whole of our winter pretty depressing if we let it, but the 21st of January has been and gone — and your editors are still alive to tell the tale.
According to alleged university professor Dr Cliff Arnall, Monday the 21st of January is officially the most depressing day […]

22 January 2008 – 9:49 | By Annie | Also posted in iceland, wellness, life lessons | Comments (1)

Chasing Aurora

You’ve seen the pictures, heard the rave reviews, and now you want to experience them for yourself: the aurora borealis, the northern lights, those elusive, magical, shimmering rows of colour that dance across the Nordic skies in winter.
The northern lights are definitely near the top of sights to see for the majority of tourists that […]

8 December 2007 – 13:00 | By Alda | Also posted in iceland, Adventure in Iceland | Comments (4)

The problem with the northern lights

Okay, listen. We’re really, really sorry, but we have to tell you something. The northern lights are not really on all the time.
According to the dictionary, aurora borealis, a.k.a. the northern lights, is a “luminous display of various forms and colours seen in the night sky, without the aid of alcohol.” (Okay, we made that […]

12 October 2006 – 1:40 | By Margrét | Also posted in iceland, nature | Comments (15)

Something for the Weekend

Is it Friday already?

The National Theatre is doing its best to prepare us, and all you wannabe Scandinavians, for a long, dark and depressing winter with its fun, fun, fun version of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt (surprisingly not called Peer Gyntson but Pétur Gautur). They’ll be showing it at The Barbican in London in February, but […]

6 October 2006 – 9:02 | By Margrét | Also posted in iceland, nightlife, reykjavik, Bars in Iceland, 101, music, events, Visual Arts, Festivals, Reykjavík International Film Festival, DJs, National Theatre, Reykjavík Art Museum | Comments (2)