Category Archives: Western Iceland

Putrid Fish for Beginners

Step One: Hold your nose.
In a country of bizarre traditions, one of the craziest has to be the putrid skate party. Every year on Þorláksmessa (St. Thorlák’s Mass), 23 December, Icelanders get together and eat skate (the fish, not the sporting equipment) that has been sitting in a closed container and allowed to ferment for about […]

24 December 2007 – 6:43 | By Alda | Also posted in iceland, food, Christmas in Iceland | Comments (2)

Slimy Little Secret

So you’ve come to Iceland intent on sampling its renowned pool culture, but find the Blue Lagoon a bit touristy and the Laugardalslaug a bit hectic. You need something off the beaten track, something wild, something enticing, something to make you feel like you’ve landed in a sci-fi movie from the ’30’s. You need Lýsuhóll.
Also […]

9 October 2007 – 13:39 | By Alda | Also posted in iceland, Adventure in Iceland, swimming pools, gymnophobia, laugardalslaug | Comments (0)

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, northern iceland, keflavík, ring road | Comments (2)

Something for April: The Mostly Björk Edition

A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this April, as prepared by your sprightly editors.

Björk, Iceland. Iceland, Björk. Perhaps you’ve met? The singer comes home to kick off the world tour backing her new CD Volta April 9th. Worth it just to see what she’ll wear.
Make your hangover feel like community service. Get to […]