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  • Publisher’s Note: The Top 10 Cutest Waterfalls In Iceland

    Publisher’s Note: The Top 10 Cutest Waterfalls In Iceland

    Media research in the past decade has established that feedback online, first from clicks, then from social media interaction, has formed the agenda-setting of editorial boards across the globe. This has been going on for so long now that it now looks…

  • Not Falling For These Waterfalls

    Not Falling For These Waterfalls

    What our dear visitors really think of our most beloved waterfalls, according to Google Reviews One might think that Iceland’s natural beauty leaves everyone breathless, turning every trip around the country into a once-in-a-lifetime experience. But the truth is, there’s always a…

  • From Reykjavík To Rainy-Vík: A Stormy South Coast Trip

    From Reykjavík To Rainy-Vík: A Stormy South Coast Trip

    We had a great plan for this month’s travel feature: a road trip along the south coast of Iceland, a journey to Nauthúsagil Waterfall and telling the fascinating yet haunting history of the ravine. Unfortunately, things don’t always go as planned here,…

  • Iceland’s Goðafoss Waterfall Granted Protected Status

    Iceland’s Goðafoss Waterfall Granted Protected Status

    Goðafoss, one of Iceland’s best-loved waterfalls, has been granted protected status by the Environmental Ministry. The waterfall’s new protected status means it will be looked after and monitored by conservation teams. There will also be efforts to educate visitors about Goðafoss’ history…

  • A Walk In The Clouds: A Rare Summer’s Day In Seyðisfjörður

    A Walk In The Clouds: A Rare Summer’s Day In Seyðisfjörður

    Summer was a mercurial season in east Iceland this year. The region often has a natural low cloud ceiling—an oppressive grey nothing that drifts over the Eastfjords, hanging just above the rooftops of the tiny towns—but this year, it felt impenetrable. The…

  • Aurora, Waterfalls, Eruptions… Heild Has Everything

    Aurora, Waterfalls, Eruptions… Heild Has Everything

    Out now on DVD and on-demand, Heild offers some amazing visions of Iceland unlike most of what you’ve seen before, all set to a fairly stunning soundtrack. The film was shot over a grueling thirty month period by filmmaker Pétur Kristján Guðmundsson, who set…

  • Tres Foss

    Tres Foss

    This country sure has a lot of water: trapped in glaciers, flowing from glaciers, trickling down mountainsides, raging through canyons. And all that water sure is something nice to look at. But what watery spectacle is the nicest to look at? The…