The Vatnsnes Peninsula - Seals in the north of Iceland

Located about 200 km from Reykjavik , Vatnsnes is a peninsula in northern Iceland, home to Iceland's largest seal colony. The main town ...

A journey into the Heart of Iceland’s music festivals

Every year Iceland hosts dozens of music festivals, both in summer and in winter. Below is a concise list of music festivals in Iceland, sho...

Trip Report 4 days/3 nights in Iceland (February 2014)

I learned so much from this blog that I hope to pay it back a little. Hopefully this will be useful to those planning your first trip to Ic...

Grimsey Island at the end of the earth

Grimsey is a small Icelandic island about five km2 and situated 41 kilometers north of Iceland. The island is experiencing grow...

Vestmannæyar: The Westman Islands

Vestmannæyar is an archipelago of about 15 islands, located in the south of Iceland (that take 30 minutes to get to by boat from Landeyjahöf...

Ísafjörður Guide - Things to do in Ísafjörður

If you go to the northwest region of Iceland , you will find a peninsula, which resembles a deformed dragon. This is one of the oldest regio...

Landmannalaugar travel guide

Landmannalaugar looks extremely Icelandic not because most of Iceland looks like this (it doesn’t), but because Iceland is practically the o...