At 20.45 (8,45 p.m.) on Friday evening March 19th. 2021 an eruption started in a mountain area north east of the town Grindavik. This area is close to the mountain Fagradalsfjall and the valley´s name is Geldingadalur. When it comes […]
At 20.45 (8,45 p.m.) on Friday evening March 19th. 2021 an eruption started in a mountain area north east of the town Grindavik. This area is close to the mountain Fagradalsfjall and the valley´s name is Geldingadalur. When it comes […]
This is a question we get many times and it can be a bit tricky to answer. Iceland has so much to offer and the four seasons are so different that it merely depends upon one’s interests, which time of […]
It is fair to say that the weather in Iceland is quite unpredictable and we have a saying that “if you don’t like the weather, just wait five minutes, it will change”. When this blog is written in the middle […]
Iceland is a volcanic island, situated 50/50 on the North American tectonic plate and Eur Asian tectonic plate. The North Atlantic ridge crosses Iceland from south west diagonally through the country to north east and the plates are moving apart […]
Northern lights
As the name “Iceland” indicates, snow, ice, cold, besides of course the countries latitude, it is ironic that because of the relatively mild winters in Iceland, winter sports like skiing are only practiced for about 3-4 months. That is the […]
Covid 19 infections are very low in Iceland. For the past weeks we have had from cero to four infections pr. day. www.covid.is, the official information site about the pandemic says that today we have only 16,1 infections per 100.000 […]
I stubmled upon a few beautiful photos from last year of the highland in Iceland. This photo was taken in the Laki area and show clearly why people are trawelling in the highlands. Now we have increasing activity in the volcano Bárðarbunga […]
Krýsuvíkurberg is one of the biggest bird cliffs in Iceland, stretching 8 km (5 miles) and up to 60 meter high (200 feet). The cliffs are home to up to 60000 pairs of seabirds, with the biggest population Kittiwake, then […]
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