Iceland is considered one of the best places in the entire world to watch different types of whales in their natural habitat. With an extremely high success rate of whale-watching tours, over 20 different species thrive in the waters surrounding […]
Unlike elsewhere in Europe, where the light pollution thwarts ideal stargazing conditions, Iceland seems a perfect location to enjoy the sparkling jewels of the sky. Not many are aware when they go out for the Northern Lights tours they really do not pay attention to another important aspect of the wonderful evening tour – the option of observing the stars, constellation, the Milky Way, shootings stars (which really are meteors), some planets, moon and even the rare moonbow!
In 930 the settlers decided that there had to be some rules and regulations to rule the country and they established a parliament in Þingvellir. This location was picked as Þingvellir is well situated between the south and the north. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
