Þingvellir National Park
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Pickpocketing On The Rise At Þingvellir National Park
One of Iceland’s top tourist destinations, Þingvellir National Park has been hit by a spate of pickpocketing incidents over the past month, visir.is reports. Five cases of pickpocketing have been reported by tourists visiting Haki and other busy areas in Almannagjá. The…
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Exploring The South: Herstory And Day Drinking With Ladies In Film
While rushing looking for bus stop #6 I hoped to find a group of women that, like me, were arriving almost too late. Instead, a sea of confused tourists cramped the narrow sidewalk. As I was close to reaching for my phone…
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American Couple Dies During Fishing Trip In Iceland
An American couple died in Iceland yesterday after an accident occurred on Sunday at Lake Þingvallavatn in Þingvellir National Park, RÚV reports. The weather has been particularly tricky during the weekend, as unusually strong winds and heavy rains have hit the southern…
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Talks Of Building Luxury Hotel At Lake Thingvallavatn Begin Again
Discussions about building a new luxury hotel in the area of Skálabrekka, adjacent to the Þingvellir National Park, have begun again recently, Rúv reports. It’s not the first time that construction plans for the area are brought forward by private companies. The…
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Suspended In Silfra
Fifty kilometres north of Iceland’s Þingvellir National Park, a drop of water melts from the glacier Lángjökull, liberated from the 1,000-year-old frozen mass. The drop falls into porous, volcanic rock where it spends 30 to 100 years being filtered through the ground…