Last Farm In The Valley: Slow Time At East Iceland’s Wilderness Centre
The Fljótsdalur valley is a secluded place. It begins at the foot of Lake Lagarfljót, where Route 934 winds through narrow shelves of farmland, clasped between high mountains on
Into Dust: A Road Trip To The Infamous Kárahnjúkar Dam
Iceland’s wild Highland interior is a mysterious place. For a large part of the year it’s completely off limits unless you have a snowmobile, a specially modified Jeep, or some
The Big Earth: Exploring The Giant Stones Of Stórurð
“Stórurð” is a tricky word to translate. The “Stór” part is easy enough, meaning “big.” “Urð,” at first glance, seems to mean “earth”—but that’s the sim
One Day In The Þórsmörk Dimension: A Wild Valley Behind Eyjafjallajökull
Living in Reykjavík, it’s quite easy to get caught up in the routine of city life, and forget that this town is just a tiny dot on a coast of […]
The Winter Ring Road Pt. 2: Driving Route One In Iceland’s Stormy Season
This is part two of The Winter Ring Road: our five-day ring of Route One—and the people we met, and places we saw—in Iceland’s dark season. You can start at […]
The Winter Ring Road Pt. 1: Driving Route One In Iceland’s Stormy Season
Route One is Iceland’s main highway. Completed in 1974, it loops the country, carving a path through tracts of farmland before reaching the lava fields and sweeping floodplains o
The Eastern Outback: Spring Comes To Borgarfjörður Eystri
Spring is in the air when we set out from Egilsstaðir along Route 94 to Borgafjörður Eystri. A cloudless blue sky casts soft hues onto the white spine of mount […]
Photos: Flying Over Iceland For A Road Trip In The Snowy East
This week, we flew out to the east side of Iceland for a four day road trip through Egilsstaðir, Borgarfjörður Eystri, Vopnafjörður, and up to the north eastern town of [&hell
The Great Escape: A Luxurious Getaway At The Ion Adventure Hotel
Þingvallavatn, Iceland’s biggest lake, sits cradled in the snowy tundra 45 kilometres east of Reykjavík. Surrounded by mountains and dotted with islands, the shimmering water r
Race Against The Sun: The Icy Wonderland Of Skógafoss And Jökulsárlón
Just over 370 kilometres from Reykjavik, in the far southeast corner of the country, you’ll find the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon. This particular lake—Iceland’s deepest, in
The Winter Outback: A Christmas Feast At Úlfljótsvatn
Tucked away in a lake-strewn tract of land between Route One South and the Golden Circle lies a rural municipality known as Grímsnes og Grafningshreppur. In the summer, it’s eas
The Old School: A Getaway In Þingvellir And Laugarvatn
Autumn is possibly the shortest season in Iceland, but it’s also one of the most beautiful. As we drive north out of Reykjavík and turn off Route One towards the […]
Benjamin Hardman: Iceland Behind The Shutter
Young, talented photographers are taking the Icelandic tourism industry by storm with a series of individualised workshops that take travellers to the most uncontaminated spots in
The Solitary Islander & His Trusted Dog
On an island not that far away, in the middle of Þjórsá river, solitary soul Hákon Kjalar Hjördísarson lives his days sorrounded by wide skies and fields of grass. Dividing [
Pictures: The Color Run Iceland 2017
The annual colour run took place yesterday, and oh boy was it colourful. Fun was had by all as young and old ran the 5k while covered from head-to-toe in […]
The Djúpavík Effect: Peace & Superheroes In Strandir
It’s halfway along the dirt road between Hólmavík and Djúpavík that the car starts to make a strange sound. We grind to a halt and look at the wheels in […]
Adventures Close To Home: A Trip To Borgarnes
It’s an hour’s drive from the capital to Borgarnes, and, on this Good Friday morning, old-time Southern gospel seems a fitting soundtrack for the familiar bucolic stretch of Ro
Under The Glacier: Wild Weather & Countryside Luxury In Húsafell
Outside the windows of the Pallett café in Hafnarfjörður, the harbour is cloaked in mist. The gales have been intensifying since daybreak, whipping the tops of the churning wave
Volcano Island: A Weekend In Vestmannaeyjar
The tiny propellor plane descends into the clouds, buffeted by the ferocious wind. Along with my twelve or so fellow passengers, I’m jolted left and right as a tiny sea […
North By Northeast: A Road Trip To Iceland’s Arctic Henge
Despite its well earned reputation, Icelandic winter isn’t all bad. On a clear day, the short days—four or five hours, around the solstice—can be beautiful. The sun during th
The Once Sky: Two Days In Rif And Hellissandur
The colour, I am certain, has never existed before, and will never exist again. It has something to do with blue, grey, purple, orange, and yellow and yet is none […]