Off a newly demarcated dirt road—literally off the beaten path—one finds themselves at a curious location that combines the sheer…

Spring has come to Reykjavík, and with it spring breakers: a seasonal phenomenon as invasive as lupine and ineluctable as…

This is part two of The Winter Ring Road: our five-day ring of Route One—and the people we met, and…

Route One is Iceland’s main highway. Completed in 1974, it loops the country, carving a path through tracts of farmland…

It was a very frosty morning in early March. I woke up too early for my own good, as I…

This week, we flew out to the east side of Iceland for a four day road trip through Egilsstaðir, Borgarfjörður…

“You can’t plan Iceland. Iceland just sort of happens,” wrote Grapevine contributor Parker Yamasaki, back in March of 2017. She…

On day two of our recent road trip around the back roads and coastal routes of South Iceland, we took…

Travelling in Iceland is often dictated by the weather. It’s an ever-present spectre: wind, storms and fog can descend on…

Tucked away in a lake-strewn tract of land between Route One South and the Golden Circle lies a rural municipality…

For all the beautiful waterfalls and breathtaking landscapes Iceland has to offer, sometimes driving through flat wastes of sand and…

Young, talented photographers are taking the Icelandic tourism industry by storm with a series of individualised workshops that take travellers…

The journey to the highlands mountain resort of Kerlingarfjöll starts early, on a grey and rain-spattered late summer morning. At…

I used to hitchhike around Iceland fairly frequently. I’ve circled the Ring Road by thumb three times, and have traveled…

It’s the fifth week in a row that my flatmate Tom and I bail on our adventurous hiking plans. Every…

Ísafjörður is the de facto capital of the Westfjords, and despite having a population of just 2,500, it shows. It’s…

Just an hour’s drive from our beloved capital lies the tiny island Traustholtshólmi, population: 1. As I stand at the…

If you’ve traveled north on Route 1, chances are you have driven right through Borgarnes without giving it a second…