Snæfellsnes is oft called the “Iceland in miniature,” a name that refers to the fact that a day trip there…

Although you may not have heard of the town of Grundarfjörður, you’ve more than likely seen the nearby mountain of…

Grapevine photographer Timothée Lambrecq recently took a road trip out the Snæfellsnes peninsula. The area is sometimes referred to as…

Grapevine photographer Timothée Lambrecq recently took a road trip out the Snæfellsnes peninsula. The area is sometimes referred to as…

Of all the small towns around Iceland’s coastline, Stykkishólmur—population 1195—is one of the most charming. The small harbour is enclosed…

On a recent road trip around Iceland, our resident videographer Timothée Lambrecq took a few moments to chill in some…

Just off the road linking Stykkishólmur to the rest of Snæfellsnes, Helgafell (“Holy Mountain”) rises 73 metres above the flat,…

To look back on Grapevine’s year in travel, we decided to first go the empirical populism route, and drew up…

The colour, I am certain, has never existed before, and will never exist again. It has something to do with…

Less than two hours drive from Reykjavik lies the Snæfellsnes peninsula, sometimes known as “Iceland in miniature,” such is the…

“Are you kidding?” laughs the grizzled old bus driver. “I’ll never get to Ártun by 8:51. Maybe if this was…

On our recent trip to the picturesque fishing town of Stykkishólmur on the Snæfellsnes peninsula, we met plenty of interesting…

For the short-term visitor and overworked resident, deciding how to spend the limited free time you have available can be…

I had been stubbornly ploughing through mounds of snow overlaying a sheet of ice one Sunday morning when a blind…

Not long ago, I was packing my travel bag into the back of my friends’ four-wheel drive SUV as we…

Given the variety of sights contained in a single place, it’s no wonder that Snæfellsnes is sometimes called a miniature…