A Glittering Unicorn With A Colourful Butt In This Week’s #GVPics Instagram Competition

In the last week Iceland was blessed with lots of sunshine, extravaganza and colourful Pride people and of course, adventurous tourists exploring wonders of nature. This all gave a lot of inspiration to the participants of our Instagram competition.

Check out the winner and runners-up and remember to keep tagging your pictures with #gvpics for a chance at becoming next week’s champion!

This dog should definitely consider modelling career.

Beautiful weather, mans best friend and the Westfjords. ?☀️⛰ #repost from @artgrayphotography

A photo posted by trekiceland (@trekiceland) on Aug 4, 2016 at 6:37am PDT

As they say – a bad day of fishing is still better than a good day at the office!

Fresh fish, anyone? They used to call it "the capital of herring", "the greatest of fishing towns of the North Atlantic", "the pride of Iceland". But the wheel of fortune has turned and only the small catch is brought daily to the Siglufjörður harbour. More on this can be found @travel_ingoodcompany where the coverage of our road trip continues. / Czy ma ktoś ochotę na świeżą rybę? Kiedyś nazywano to miasto "stolicą śledzia", "największym z rybackich portów północnego Atlantyku", "dumą Islandii". Dziś odwróciły się losy Siglufjörður, a rybacy mogą liczyć jedynie na skromny połów. Więcej na ten temat znajdziecie na naszym głównym IG, gdzie nadal trwa relacja z islandzkiej podróży. #iceland #visiticeland #iloveiceland #discovericeland #exploreiceland #alliceland #everydayiceland #igersiceland #ig_iceland #icelandtravel #islandia #igscandinavia #gvpics #roadtrip #icelandroadtrip #travelboost #travelgram #prostozpodrozy #northiceland #siglufjörður #harbour #fishingtown #fishingharbour #fisherman #northatlantic

A photo posted by Joanna and Piotr (@eat_ingoodcompany) on Aug 7, 2016 at 4:25pm PDT

The very moment when the geyser is about to erupt.

#vsco #vscocam #vscojournal #vscotravel #vsconature #vscogreen #artisick #atmosphere #photography #scandinaviaclub #iceland #ig_iceland #livefolk #gvpics #icelandtrip #icelandair #wheniniceland #icelandsecret #icelandadventure #mystopover #igersiceland #whatsonrvk #Ísland #everydayiceland

A photo posted by Ira Zaslavskaya (@irihisss) on Aug 7, 2016 at 2:02am PDT

Ice Ice Baby!

Iceland Road Trip DAY 10 (from Höfn to Kirkjubæjarklaustur). On the ice. / Islandia DZIEŃ 10 (z Höfn do Kirkjubæjarklaustur). Na lodzie. #iceland #visiticeland #iloveiceland #discovericeland #everydayiceland #igersiceland #ig_iceland #icelandsecret #islandia #igscandinavia #gvpics #natgeopl #roadtrip #icelandroadtrip #travelboost #prostozpodrozy #landscape #landscape_lovers #nature #naturephotography #wanderlust #wonderful_places #awesomeearth #beautifuldestinations #glacier #glaciertrekking #hiking #adventurelife #vatnajökull #glaciertrips

A photo posted by Joanna and Piotr (@travel_ingoodcompany) on Aug 5, 2016 at 3:03pm PDT

Þórsmörk strikes everyone with its beautiful nature and stunning landscape. Stairway to heaven.

There is no elevator to success on the Þórsmörk trail, only stairs! ?☀️ ?: @marcushoey @trekiceland

A photo posted by Arctic Adventures (@arcticadventures) on Aug 5, 2016 at 6:56am PDT

And the dialogue was like:

A: “Oh, look! An unicorn!”
B: “Hmm. Okay. I didn’t know that they were living in Iceland. Are they getting along with puffins?”

Spotted a rare #glitter #unicorn galloping down the street at #reykjavikpride showing its #rainbow butt with #pride ?

A photo posted by Stefán Már Cilia (@stefancilia) on Aug 6, 2016 at 10:01am PDT

OMG! I want those blueberries. I NEED THOSE BLUEBERRIES. GIMME!

Just picked #blueberries , #strawberries , #skyr and cream. #summer in a bowl #iceland #niceland #igersiceland #icelandicsummer #scandinaviaclub #everydayiceland #gvpics

A photo posted by lilja (@lillimus) on Aug 6, 2016 at 8:42am PDT

I would guess that the water was colder than a polar bear’s kiss.

#vsco #vscocam #vscojournal #vscotravel #vsconature #vscogreen #artisick #atmosphere #photography #scandinaviaclub #iceland #ig_iceland #livefolk #gvpics #icelandtrip #icelandair #wheniniceland #icelandsecret #icelandadventure #mystopover #igersiceland #whatsonrvk #Ísland #everydayiceland

A photo posted by Ira Zaslavskaya (@irihisss) on Aug 6, 2016 at 1:29am PDT

Moby-Dick is wagging his tale!

Met our buddy again this morning! ? #sailinginskagafjordur #skagafjordur #skagafjörður #visitskagafjordur #iceland #ísland #icelandic #northiceland #hofsós #humpbackwhale #whalewatching #visiticeland #gvpics #alliceland #icelandexplored #islenskutivist #passporticeland #discovericeland #sail #sailing #nature #picoftheday

A photo posted by Sailing in Skagafjörður (@sailinginskagafjordur) on Aug 4, 2016 at 6:44am PDT

Picnic in Mordor.

Tbt picnic in highlands with these amazing girls (and Ben)✌?️ #vsco #vscocam #vscogood #vscorussia #reykjavik #whatsonrvk #babystasjalivesiniceland #instagramrussia #ísland #iceland #ig_iceland #icelandair #icelandairinfo #livefolk #scandinaviaclub #igersiceland #mystopover #gvpics #landmannalaugar #priime

A photo posted by Stasia Andreeva (@sundays_and_tea) on Aug 6, 2016 at 1:15pm PDT

And the winner is…Excitement grows…And grows…Okay, nothing can beat the unicorn. Be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn. In that case, you should always be a unicorn. Congrats, @andyminnis! There’s a T-shirt and Grapevine goodie bag waiting for you at our office (or coming to you in the mail).

Thanks to all the Instagrammers who participated in this week’s contest! Keep on finding creative ways to capture Iceland’s beauty on your iPhone, and make sure to follow @RVKgrapevine and use the hashtag #GVpics to compete in next week’s competition.