Words by

Hrefna Björg Gylfadóttir

Photo by

Matt Palmer

Spring is upon us, or so we thought. The country’s flowers had just started to bloom when the snow came and covered all of it. Winter’s back, and as beautiful as it may be, we hope it won’t stay for too long.

The photographers who took part in this week’s #GVpics Instagram competition didn’t seem to mind the cold weather and shot beautiful pictures of Icelandic nature and life.

Keep tagging your pictures with #GVpics for a chance of becoming the winner of next week’s Instagram competition and remember to stay warm!

The runners-up:

Roofs of Reykjavík.

The colourful roofs of Reykjavik #iceland #ig_iceland #mystopover #gvpics #aerialphotography #home #citylife

A photo posted by Matt Palmer (@mattmakesphotos) on Mar 29, 2016 at 3:27am PDT

Nice timing, creep.

One of the best way to travel in Reykjavík : the bicycle

A photo posted by Helene Papion Photography (@helenepapion.photography) on Mar 24, 2016 at 6:59pm PDT

Ah, makes us wan’t to go on a roadtrip as well.

Took this pic of my lovely sister on our road trip last summer ❤️

A photo posted by Telma Geirsdóttir (@telmage) on Mar 2, 2016 at 5:11am PST

In case of a lake fire, here is an extinguisher.

Phone conversations can get heated up here. Best to have an extinguisher on hand. #phonebox #phonebooth #middleofnowhere #northiceland #dalvík #emergencycall #red #gvpics #iceland #fjordlife

A photo posted by Jessica Bowe (@jrbowe) on Mar 24, 2016 at 10:05am PDT

Going sea swimming, ey?

“Blanket and Tea” #iceland #islande #northiceland #absoluteiceland #aroundiceland #discovericeland #everydayiceland #godoiceland #gvpics #happyiceland #icelandair #icelandexplored #icelandtravel #icelandsecret #igersiceland #ig_iceland #iloveiceland #inspiredbyiceland #loves_iceland #mystopover #passporticeland #topiceland #traveliceland #wheniniceland #whyiceland #wowair #WeSetTheSails

A photo posted by ↟ ℂ&ℂ in Iceland ↟ (@wesetthesails) on Mar 24, 2016 at 3:29am PDT

The whoo birds of Iceland.

Young gulls scream for a feeding. #puberty #iceland #seagulls #hangry #GVpics

A photo posted by Chrystal Ding (@chrysding) on Mar 21, 2016 at 2:56pm PDT

Cool ligts and all, but look at those ice-skating trees!

Just a line of green in the sky above the trees…

A photo posted by Julli jonsson (@julli_jonsson) on Mar 23, 2016 at 1:54am PDT

Purdy little birdy.

Little birdie enjoying the #Jökulsárlón #glacierlagoon. #Vatnajökull #GVpics #reykjavikgrapevine

A photo posted by Caroline de Mooij (@ikverloormijnkoekieindedisco) on Mar 24, 2016 at 2:18pm PDT

“Quick honey, the timer is only 5 seconds!”

“Sweet vibes” [Happy Easter to you ?!] #iceland #islande #northiceland #northernlights #auroraborealis #absoluteiceland #discovericeland #everydayiceland #godoiceland #gvpics #happyiceland #icelandair #icelandexplored #icelandtravel #icelandsecret #igersiceland #ig_iceland #iloveiceland #inspiredbyiceland #loves_iceland #mystopover #passporticeland #topiceland #traveliceland #wheniniceland #whyiceland #wowair #WeSetTheSails

A photo posted by ↟ ℂ&ℂ in Iceland ↟ (@wesetthesails) on Mar 27, 2016 at 1:27am PDT

They say don’t eat yellow snow, I don’t know if I’d trust yellow fog either.

#tbt mjóafjardarheidi, dont go missing #GVpics #mitdembärenimauenland

A photo posted by Annie Andante (@kom.andante) on Mar 24, 2016 at 9:57am PDT

AND THE WINNER IS:

Matt Palmer

The colourful roofs of Reykjavik #iceland #ig_iceland #mystopover #gvpics #aerialphotography #home #citylife

A photo posted by Matt Palmer (@mattmakesphotos) on Mar 29, 2016 at 3:27am PDT

Congratulations Matt Palmer for this beautiful photograph! It portrays Reykjavík’s buildings in s way we weren’t even sure if it had been painted or not. Your stunning photograph won you a Grapevine T-shirt!