Northern lights and Iceland go together like fire and ice. At least up there! Countless myths and stories surround the lights in the sky that every visitor to Iceland hopes to see. In this post I want to gather everything worth knowing about the topic and give you tips for hunting the aurora in […]
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Reykjavík Day Tour
How can I spend a great first day in Reykjavík? I get asked this question every now and then. I have a few ideas and will keep putting them on paper from now on, for many wonderful days in Iceland’s capital. Even more importantly, I’ll bring them straight to your smartphone: have you heard […]
One Week in Iceland – 3 Itinerary Ideas
“What’s the best way to spend one week in Iceland?” This is one of the questions readers ask me most often. I’ve answered it by email or on Facebook many times by now, so here I’d like to sum up what I would recommend for a 7-day trip to Iceland. Let’s go… What […]
Iceland’s Wildlife: 5 Things You Didn’t
Besides stunning landscapes, Iceland also has a surprisingly diverse fauna to offer. From whales to arctic foxes, from reindeer to horses, there are quite a few life forms on this little patch of earth. And it wouldn’t be Iceland if some of them didn’t come with a story worth telling. Curtain up for Iceland’s […]
Diving in Iceland
Diving and Iceland go together like Volkswagen and Wolfsburg, or Porsche and Stuttgart. After all, the country offers everything a diver’s heart could wish for: as an island, you are literally sitting in the middle of the water — the Atlantic, to be precise. Thanks to the frequent rain and the many glaciers, there […]