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Just Out Of Plain Sight: Laugarvatn
I’m huddled over the steering wheel peering out from behind rapidly jerking windshield wipers as sprays of rain lash out across the glass. The car bounces up and down over the drenched crags of Þingvellir National Park. All of a sudden, the…
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A Craving For Caving In The Leitahraun Lava Field
Forty-five kilometres from downtown Reykjavík I’m standing on a snowy embankment surrounded by the Leitahraun lava field. The snow slopes down, guiding me under a shelf of rock and into a winding crevice to a basketball-sized hole in the ground. Feeling a…
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Pay Per View
In June last year, something unprecedented happened here in Iceland: a group of private landowners erected a barrier fence and started charging people to gain access to Kerið, a volcanic crater lake located on their property in Grímsnes, South Iceland. Their claim…
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Where You Dream More Than You Sleep
Spákonufell mountain sits a small fishing village called Skagaströnd. On the edge of town, the tiny Bjarmanes Café rests perched above the sea. The café, which is open only one night each month during the winter, is warm with plush sofas and…
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The Fuzzy Face of Iceland
The silence of the barbershop is accentuated by the sharp metallic snipping of scissors. In the centre of the room three barber chairs occupied by patrons face full-length mirrors decorated by antique, gold-painted frames. I know I’ve come to the right place…
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Humans of Reykjavík
The Humans of Reykjavík, a group dedicated to unmasking the amazing individuals that bring life, culture and personality to our beloved city, have released this stunning new video. The short film, created by Erlendur Sveinsson and Bragi Brynjarsson, is set to the…
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A Faroese Folk Fay
A cold, monotonous and tipsy Wednesday was on its way when I stepped into Gamli Gaukurinn to see the Faroese singer Eivør Pálsdóttir. From the get-go, she captivated a roomful of listeners. The show was advertised with only two days notice and…
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Know Thy Selfie
When Elo Vázquez first began displaying her photography on the internet in 2002, the web was a great meeting place for photographers to share and discuss their art. “There was a really nice community of photographers from all over the world,” she…
