The Best Of Iceland On Instagram: This Week’s #GVpics

What a week! We experienced some stormy weather, northern lights, and Icelandic daily life in the freezing cold—all of which is perfectly portrayed in the stunning submissions our dear readers and Instagram enthusiasts submitted (via the #GVpics hashtag).

Landscapes dominated the entries this week—probably because of the beautiful sunlight that’s shining brighter by the day, making our late winter mornings much more tolerable.

But we’re interested in more than Iceland’s landscapes, as beautiful as they are—we’re also after curios and oddities, personalities, situations, secrets, and the new discoveries you made, whether a favourite bar or a strange piece of graffiti. So keep on tagging your pics with the hashtag #gvpics for the chance of becoming next week’s winner of the Grapevine Instagram contest, netting yourself a free Grapevine t-shirt in the process!

Where can I find this friend group and how do I become a part of it?

Beautiful bearded men! #Iceland #explore #Reykjavik #gvpics #poker #Skeggandbacon #cocktails #igersiceland #Ísland #ig_iceland

A photo posted by Julli jonsson (@julli_jonsson) on Feb 8, 2016 at 9:48am PST

One of the most stunning yet dangerous places in Iceland.

Watch out for strong waves at Reynisfjara black beach ! Sadly a tourist died today here.. Every time I’ve been there I saw tourists getting wet feet or more. So take care and a big distance ! Reynisfjara, Vik, Iceland ?? A video posted by Jim Verschooten (@jim_haacht) on Feb 10, 2016 at 11:57am PST

You’re ten minutes late, trying to catch the bus and wearing heels in this weather. That’s February in Iceland for ya.

#GVpics A photo posted by braincollage (@braincollage) on Feb 11, 2016 at 3:38am PST

This photograph makes me want to travel the countryside, immediately.

What a wonderful day exploring the east cost. #gvpics A photo posted by Kelly Swanson (@puddlebubblez) on Feb 11, 2016 at 4:29am PST

This one is interesting, not the typical Icelandic landscape photograph but an ordinary building in Reykjavík made beautiful by the reflection in the windows.

Reflection of a Cloud/ Reykjavik #GVpics #Reykjavik #Iceland #clouds #reflections   A photo posted by What We See (@rishays11) on Feb 10, 2016 at 12:50pm PST

We love all pet entries.

#Icelandic #sheepdog / our #little #furry #friends ? #Iceland #Island #Snow #dog #dogs #running #play #icelandicsheepdog #gvpics A photo posted by Daniela Glunz (@danielaglunz) on Feb 14, 2016 at 4:05am PST

Looks freezing, yet I have a sudden craving for being out on sea.

10 hours at sea. No equipment damaged 🙂 #reddigitalcinema #iceland #gvpics   A photo posted by Justin Batchelor (@justinbatchelor) on Feb 13, 2016 at 6:25am PST

Wonder if the photographer snuck behind someones windows to capture this one.

A photo posted by Denise Oehl (@denise_m_oehl) on Feb 14, 2016 at 3:37am PST

Kudos for the costumes! Super photoshop skills as well.

Afternoon coffee breaks get really weird in this town. #reykjavik #öskudagur #icelandichalloween #iceland #reykjavikloves #costumeday #gvpics #icelandsecret #astronaut #superman #hipstersuperman #intergalactic #aliensky #outerspace #spacetravel #spaceoddity #igersiceland   A photo posted by Jessica Bowe (@jrbowe) on Feb 10, 2016 at 1:44pm PST

A stunning photograph resembling a painting.

Hiking in Iceland is quite demanding sometimes! This picture is from last SEPTEMBER when I did the Laugavegurinn hike! #iceland #hiking #glacier #blackandwhite #fujifilm A photo posted by Living In Iceland (@livinginiceland) on Feb 10, 2016 at 3:18am PST

We all know how this one ends. We’ve seen the fail videos.

It’s cold out there #iceland   A photo posted by ICELANDIC EXPLORER (@icelandic_explorer) on Feb 8, 2016 at 11:28am PST

And the winner is:

Hiking in Iceland is quite demanding sometimes! This picture is from last SEPTEMBER when I did the Laugavegurinn hike! #iceland #hiking #glacier #blackandwhite #fujifilm A photo posted by Living In Iceland (@livinginiceland) on Feb 10, 2016 at 3:18am PST

Congratulations, livinginiceland! Your photograph encourages us to stop whining about the cold weather and go on a hike. You get a special Grapevine T-shirt and goodie bag. Well done, and keep on creating stunning photographs.