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When Iceland was settled in the 870´s the settlers needed houses to live in and they used turf to build the houses. In the beginning all the houses were built totally with turf and the roof with branches of trees […]

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 […]

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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 […]

The days are getting longer. Since December 21st. winter solstice, we can see already that the days are getting longer. On December 21st. The sunrise is at 11.22 and sunset at 15.29, or 4 hours and 9 minutes daylight. On […]

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 […]