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From speeding over black sand beaches to walking behind waterfalls, descending into volcanoes, hiking on glaciers or driving across the wild Highlands: read about our Iceland travels within.
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The Wonder Of The Westfjords: One of Iceland’s Best Kept Secrets
Three hundred and twenty-one kilometres northwest of Reykjavík lies Látrabjarg, the westernmost point of Europe, and arguably Iceland’s best kept secret. Látrabjarg is set in Iceland’s wild Westfjords, a stunning peninsula blessed with unspoilt nature, mountain roads and monumental landscapes. Although it…
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The Other Íslands: Fierce Weather And Fine Dining In The Faroes
The Faroe Islands—an archipelago of eighteen rocky, mountainous isles that lie strewn in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean—have an impeccable sense of drama. Look in any direction at almost any time and you’ll see a strangely poised slice of land jutting…
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The Great Icelandic Soak-Off: A Potted Guide To Wild Pools
Iceland is dotted with wild, natural geothermal hot pots. They’re diverse and eccentric in nature—each one is different, whether a converted sheep bath with piped-in water, a warm river, or a naturally occurring pot for two. You should be prepared to use…
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Reykjavík Crime Walk: A Tale Of Blood And Murder
For the first time in my life, I find myself wishing it were a cold winter evening. The sun is shining and I let it tickle me, relishing its warm touch but disappointed at its awful timing. It really isn’t the right…
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Flúðir Town Guide: Tomatoes, Ethiopian Food And Soccer Golf
A half an hour’s drive inland from the ring road, Flúðir is a tiny town often overlooked by those looking to circle the island in their limited time in the country. The municipal area is home to 800 people, smack dab in…
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Cabin Fever: A Guide To Iceland’s Smaller Spaces
I have always been fascinated by small spaces. I grew up in a concrete jungle, inhabited by more than 1.1 million people, and had to trek for miles to escape the city. That’s what brought me here. In Iceland, it’s easy to…
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Thanks For All The Fish: A Reykjavík Foodie Tours Five Akureyri Fast Food Joints
Whether it’s Scottish “munchie boxes” or Canadian poutine, there’s something about cold northern climates that makes people embrace a grease-up faster than Hulk Hogan on wife-swap Wednesday. Iceland’s northern capital of Akureyri is no exception. Forget meandering along those picturesque fjords watching…
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Alexander Jean’s Perfect Day In Reykjavík
This issue’s Perfect Day is by DJ, aesthete, student of the arts and man-about-town Alexander Jean de Fontenay. “I like listening/dancing to, learning about and collecting music,” he says. “I enjoy going out dancing and I sometimes play my records at bars…
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Summer In Mývatn And How I Found Out I Enjoy Bird-Watching
“Great weather today,” exclaims Jakob. “It’s a perfect day for bird-watching!” It’s barely ten on a Saturday morning, and he’s already excited by the prospect of watching animals in their natural habitat. Personally, I don’t find anything exciting before 11am, and at…
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Outside Of Reykjavík: McChurches, Steam Rooms & Vast Canyons
It’s all going on out there in countryside. Here are three places you might wanna star in Google Maps. Place: Kópavogskirkja Religious? Architecture aficionado? Fast food fan? If you answered yes to any of these, then take a gander at Kópavogur’s Kópavogskirkja…
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Pictures: The Color Run Iceland 2017
The annual colour run took place yesterday, and oh boy was it colourful. Fun was had by all as young and old ran the 5k while covered from head-to-toe in bright tones. It was a great way to enjoy a very sunny…
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Outside Of Reykjavík: Art In The East, Soup, Massive Ice Tunnel
You didn’t come to Iceland to be in the city, right? Here are some places you could drop by on your road trip. Town: Seyðisfjörður If you’re doing a loop of the Ring Road, it would be easy to miss Seyðisfjörður—a small…
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Siglufjörður Town Guide: Hikes, Herring And Hot Pots
In the international TV hit ‘Trapped’, Siglufjörður is a place of dismembered corpses and human trafficking; dark secrets and guilty consciences; a CGI ferry looming ominously in the harbour; endless nights of snow and wind; and one very tired, very sexy crime-solving,…
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New Nordic Cuisine On The Floodplains Of South Iceland
It’s been over a decade now since René Redzepi and the crew sat down to dish out the Manifesto for the New Nordic Cuisine. A lot of words were thrown on the table during that meeting: accessibility, sustainability, seasonality. Their initial meeting…
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Admiration, Awe, And The Hidden Folk: The Hafnarfjörður Elf Walk
For most of history, scientists indubitably believed that humankind resided in a geocentric solar system. This theory was so wholeheartedly accepted that when Copernicus and Galileo suggested otherwise, they were laughed out of town as loonies and heretics. The same reaction might…
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Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson’s Perfect Day In Reykjavík
Icelandic actor Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson is one of the leads in the Icelandic horror movie ‘Ég man þig’ (“I remember you”), now in theatres. He can also been seen in the upcoming ‘Atomic Blonde’, starring Charlize Theron. First thing in the morning:…
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Outside Of Reykjavík: Theatre, Rock ‘n’ Roll & Elves
If you’re heading of Reykjavík soon, here are some interesting tucked away spots and fun activities that might interest you, from Keflavík to Hafnarfjörður to Snæfellsnes. Theatre: The Freezer There’s not an awful lot to do in the tiny seaside hamlet of…
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Seyðisfjörður Town Guide: Music, Waterfalls, Galleries & LungA
Tucked away in the Eastfjords, over a winding mountain pass, lies the small but perfectly formed port town of Seyðisfjörður. Home to 665 people, it feels like a miniature world of its own. Its wooden houses and picturesque blue church are cradled…
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The Djúpavík Effect: Peace & Superheroes In Strandir
It’s halfway along the dirt road between Hólmavík and Djúpavík that the car starts to make a strange sound. We grind to a halt and look at the wheels in the midst of a soaking rainstorm, and in the middle of nowhere.…
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Hekla Magnúsdóttir’s Perfect Day In Reykjavík
Hekla Magnúsdóttir is a well-known experimental musician whose weapon of choice is the good old Russian theremin. She won a Kraumur music award in 2014, the year her first album, ‘Hekla’, was released. In the morning I would sleep in! I have…
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Photos: Snæfellsnes Road Trip Part Two
Grapevine photographer Timothée Lambrecq recently took a road trip out the Snæfellsnes peninsula. The area is sometimes referred to as “Iceland in miniature” due to it’s diverse landscape: it’s the perfect road trip if you want to squeeze in seeing lava fields,…
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Outside Of Reykjavík: Mountains, Sagas And… Goats
Here are a few interesting spots to star on your Google Map for your next Iceland road trip. Place: Borg Situated outside the town of Borgarnes north of Reykjavík is this hillock where notorious Viking Skalla-Grímr Kveldúlfsson supposedly settled in the late…
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Adventures Close To Home: A Trip To Borgarnes
It’s an hour’s drive from the capital to Borgarnes, and, on this Good Friday morning, old-time Southern gospel seems a fitting soundtrack for the familiar bucolic stretch of Route One that normally constitutes a forgettable leg of long-haul treks northward. I’ve not…