It’s easy to pronounce with a mouth full of beer.
The tiny island of Heimaey in Iceland’s 18-island Westman Island chain erupts on the first weekend in August as thousands come to drink, sing, and burn stuff.
The yearly festival started in 1874 when weather kept the islanders from going ashore to celebrate Iceland’s independence from Denmark. It has grown steadily to […]
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 […]
Warning: diving in Silfra will give you several moments of clarity.
Iceland may not be the first country to enter your mind when you think about snorkeling or scuba diving — as we’re sure you do, like, all the time. It’s cold and the underwater life hardly rates high on the Attenborough-scale.
Still, there are some remarkable […]
The original geyser is not all it’s cracked up to be.
The rotten egg smell that steams out of geothermal Icelandic water is just something you get used to after a while. In fact, you may even begin to enjoy it. If so, head over to Geysir, where Strokkur erupts every eight minutes, impeccably timed with […]
Everything you always wanted to know about your first 45 minutes in Iceland.
Being a part of the international jet set is so hard.
Especially since that weekend in Berlin, after which our bosses at Iceland Express closed our expense account, and we keep finding ourselves onboard the Flybus all the time. (Farewell, sweet limo drivers!)
Still, listening […]
At 196 metres, we think Iceland’s highest waterfall should get some more respect.
Once upon a time, Glymur, the highest waterfall in Iceland, was a pretty popular destination. Not surprisingly, given that it takes less than an hour to drive from Reykjavík to the bottom of Hvalfjörður where you start your hike.
But guess what. Something happened […]
Thingvellir, the site of Iceland’s ancient parliament, is where the Thing-Men used to hang out at the Law Rock. And no, we’re not talking about action heroes or comic books.
We can’t think of a better subject for the second post of this blog on matters Icelandic than the place where some of the most […]
