Which Tourist Destinations In Iceland Have Reached Their Tolerance Limit?
According to a new report presented to Parliament by Minister for Tourism, Industry and Innovation Þórdís Kolbrún Gylfadóttir, some of the most popular tourist destinations in
Professor Issues Dire Warning About Ice Caves
When you’re told that Iceland is a dangerous country, do you actually believe it? Sure, it’s no Queensland, but even if we don’t have quasi-sci-fi lizards and ven
Ploey: You Never Fly Alone, aka Valur The Killer vs. The Migration Birds
Perhaps one of the reasons there haven’t been very many Icelandic cartoons (apart from the probative costs), is that there aren’t that many animals around here to anthropomorph
News In Brief: A Heart-Shaped Ferris Wheel, Tax Evaders & Doodies
We often talk about the insane amount of tourists who have been visiting our shores in the past few years, but it looks like tourists aren’t the only ones interested […]
A Rainy Cityscape For This Week’s #GVPics
Brevity is the source of wit, they say. And simplicity, the soul of elegance. Okay, I made that second one up. This week we wanted to showcase those the beauty […]
A Cure For Whatever Ails You
Let me begin with a confession: sales of my books don’t pay the rent, so I’m obliged to lead plant and mushroom walks, which don’t pay the rent, either. Not so […]
The Nature Pass In Their Own Words
Although scant details about the Nature Pass have been confirmed, the idea behind it and the recent admission charge levied on visitors to Geysir and last year at Kerið have [&hel
Pay Per View
Icelanders put a price tag on their nature for the first time, everIn June last year, something unprecedented happened here in Iceland: a group of private landowners erected a barr
Fit For Print
Tourism, it need hardly be pointed out, is big business in Iceland, an industry which in the years following the crash has ballooned, with more than double the country’s populati