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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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Festivals Outside Of Reykjavík
There’s a lot going on in Iceland’s capitol this month. We’re sure you’re all hyped up for DesignMarch, Reykjavík Fashion Festival and the Reykjavík Blues Festival. These are all surefire events, and it will be time to find time to go to…
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Your Last Chance To Go Skiing
The Icelandic ski season is surprisingly short, and we sure as hell haven’t managed to produce the same number of top skiers as our neighbouring countries. There is still a proud skiing tradition in Iceland. Icelandic ski resorts usually open during winter,…
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Tres Foss
This country sure has a lot of water: trapped in glaciers, flowing from glaciers, trickling down mountainsides, raging through canyons. And all that water sure is something nice to look at. But what watery spectacle is the nicest to look at? The…
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Ásbyrgi: Giant Horses, Hidden Folk And UFOs
Sleipnir was one hell of a horse. Born of the eternally mischievous god Loki (while in the form of a seductive white mare, naturally) and Svaðilfari, the magical stallion of a stonemason-impersonating giant; and not limited to only four legs like others…
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Ísafjörður, Dead Ahead
A bird slamming into the windshield. That’s my greeting to Ísafjörður. To be fair, there are signs warning that birds may slam into your windshield just outside Ísafjörður. Just as, for the hour or so of surreal unpaved mountain road driving, there…
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Come to Daddi’s! The Lake Mývatn Region Explored Via A Pizza Menu. Yes, A Pizza Menu.
“Out of the 500.000 tourists that give Icelanders the honour of their presence every year, 80 percent visit this mind-blowing natural treasure hidden in the North called Mývatn, so mind what you see.” Those were the first words our guide uttered at…
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Things I Learned At The Gay History Walk
When I first heard about the gay history walk, I wasn’t sure what to make of it. In all honesty I didn’t really think there were that many places relevant to gay history in a burgh as small as Reykjavík. Boy was…
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Blönduós, Mother Of All Confusion
I do not know what it is about Blönduós that brings on confusion. If I did, I could bottle it and sell it as bottled misunderstanding. I would become very rich indeed. Bottled misunderstanding would no doubt make a good party gift…
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Seyðisfjörður Reveals Its Private Parts – Art Riot LungA Takes Place For The Tenth Time
After the Króna reached a new low – vamping up a settlement-style quarantine that imprisoned penniless and puzzled Icelanders in the process – it has proven to be an unavoidable activity during the summer to attend some of the heaps of hyped-up…
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Landmannalaugar: Closer Than You Think – So Go There, Right Away. Or Don’t.
Landmannalaugar is a staple visit for many tourists to Iceland. In fact, some folks involved with Icelandic tourism frequently yield complaints that it is by far too popular, that it feels more like a supermarket or Disney resort than respected and treasured…
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Thumbs Up! Hitchhiking Your Way Through Iceland
Listen: I have never hitchhiked before and I don’t really know what I’m doing. In most parts of the world (especially where I am from, Canada), hitchhiking is a downright stupid idea that frequently finishes with a body floating face down in…
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…And On His Farm He Had Some Lettuce. E-I-E-I-O – Surviving A Weekend WWOOFing In Egilsstaðir
Working the land. Hoeing the weeds from deceptively long rows of lettuce and parsley. I’m in Egilsstaðir, in the far east of Iceland. As far away from Reykjavík as I can get without leaving this island. Woofing. This is hard work. Not…
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The Eirikur Helgason Interview – You Might Not Know Him, But He’s Kinda Famous
Beginnings Eiríkur “Eiki” Helgason first drew the attention of the snowboarding community in 2003 with the release of the snowboard movie “Óreiða” (“Chaos”), where he and his fellow rippers in Team Divine (Viktor Helgi Hjartarson, Gulli Guðmundsson and Eiki´s little brother Halldór)…
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Bus 51 To Hveragerði – An Exciting New Option In Travel
Since the 2nd of January, the city bus company Strætó has provided the towns of Hveragerði and Selfoss with a regular bus service to Reykjavík. The bus service costs 840 ISK for adult single, but if you buy an 11 ticket pass…
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Slaughterhouse: A Culture Center – The Peregrinations Of A Grapevine Photographer And A Journalist In Egilsstaðir
It is midday when a Grapevine photographer and journalist get on board a plane heading to Egilsstaðir on the east coast of Iceland. The day’s objective is a simple one. To visit the cultural centre Sláturhúsið (Slaughterhouse) and take part in the…
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Rounding up the Sheep: Icelandic Customs Die Hard
The Icelandic people have a strong, abiding connection with their farm animals. Though, admittedly, in everyday life in downtown Reykjavík, they’ve become a mere cliché – a stuffed animal for children or a novel cuisine found in national dishes like svið. But…
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Akranes Sports Museum: Where Sports Heros Go To Be Forgotten
Akranes, located 48 km northeast of Reykjavik, offers one of Iceland’s most comprehensive museums that will appeal to those with many varying interests. Getting there is half the fun. After a long adventurous slog through Iceland’s third longest tunnel, Hvalfjörður, you follow…
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The Northland: One Reporter’s Adventure At The Top Of The World
Letting Go in Mývatn There’s really only one thing to say upon driving or hiking through Mývatn – Wow. No matter how many volcanic wildernesses you’ve visited, Mývatn stands on its own as a place unlike any other. The lava formations span…
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The Northland Part 2
The Penis MuseumI asked ‘Information’ in Húsavik very politely how to find the Phallological museum. The girl replied very audibly. “You will see a massive penis outside!” There is no way to avoid the humour that comes along with a penis museum…
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Go to Greenland. Now!
There was an arctic fox hanging out on the porch of Hotel Kulusuk. He was just kind of lazing about; playfully jumping around as mountains larger than anything I’ve ever seen trembled in the fading light of a suspended midnight sun. That…
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Exploring fishing villages in the far northwest
With petrol prices at an all time high and a car suited to city streets, it didn’t exactly seem like the ideal time to go on a road trip to the most remote region of a country already known for its exorbitant…
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Europe’s Largest National Park Established
On June 7, after years of preparations, Vatnajökull National Park was formally founded. The park is Europe’s largest national park and includes some of Iceland’s most stunning natural treasures such as the Vatnajökull glacier, Skaftafell National Park, Jökulsárgljúfur National Park and the…
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Chasing Monsters in East-Iceland
Like most small towns in Iceland, Fellabær (pop. 350) seems to be little more than a random collection of houses surrounding a gas station. The village lies on the banks of lake Lagarfljót in East-Iceland and, with the neighbouring town Egilsstaðir, it…