“REYKJAVÍK EXCURSIONS”
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Coming And Going On The Cheap
The Útlendingur’s ongoing guide to getting shit done If you’re an Útlendingur like me, one of your favourite things to do in Iceland is leave Iceland. Whether it’s the odd trip to the motherland to grace family and friends with your presence…
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Bus Trips To The Eruption Site Have Begun
Reykjavik Excursions have started offering bus trips for people to go visit the volcano at Geldingadalur. This is being done in response to the large amount of cars that are parking at Suðurstrandarvegur as it is getting increasingly busy there. There are…
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The Laugavegur Trail Diaries: A Tale Of Snow, Steam And Sunburns
Stretching 54 km between the geothermal hot pools of Landmannalaugar and the luscious Þórsmörk valley, the Laugavegur trail is something of a rite of passage for Icelanders. Complete it and you enter an elite class of hikers—at least that’s what we told…
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Clouds Vs. Zen: Escaping Reality In Search Of The Aurora
It had been a long day when we boarded the minibus to venture out into the darkness of the Icelandic winter in search of the northern lights. Indeed, the prospect of gorging ourselves at the Laugarvatn Fontana’s restaurant, before baking in their…
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Holiday Opening Hours
If you are a tourist stranded in Iceland over the holiday season, you may find yourself hard pressed to come up with activities to engage in, as the country practically shuts down in late December (admittedly, this has been changing along with…
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A Wet And Windy Adventure Along The South Shore
When we arrive to the BSÍ terminal early in the morning, the air is crisp and clear and it looks like we picked a great day to tour the south shore of Iceland. However, we would soon learn firsthand that the weather…
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In Nowhere Land
Our day tour to Þórsmörk started bright and early in Reykjavík. The pickup time was 8 AM, but we arrived at the BSI bus terminal several minutes early, not quite sure where we would find our bus. Finally, it appeared with the…
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The Way To The Great Valley Of Landmannalaugar
Landmannalaugar is one of the many beautiful places in Iceland that highly spoken of and kind of tricky to access. The highly geothermically active area is located just east of Mt. Hekla in the Fjallabak nature reserve, up in the Icelandic highlands.…