Swimming In Silence: A Scintillating Snorkel Between Continents In The Silfra Fissure
Even in a town as small and quiet as Reykjavík, it’s still easy to get caught up in daily urban stresses: Drinking too much caffeine, staying up too late, and […]
Exploring Exploration: The Explorers Festival Comes To Húsavík
“Can you imagine being up there, literally on the moon, flipping the pages of your instruction manual, and coming across this?” Dr. Huw Lewis-Jones says, with laughter in his v
An Autumn World: Exploring The Forests Of Lagarfljót
We take off from Reykjavík in the midst of a dour, spitting dawn. As the small propellor plane races down the runway and lurches away from the ground, the familiar […]
Snow Comes To North And East Iceland
Grapevine was out exploring the north eastern tip of Iceland yesterday when a snow storm hit. Starting out from Vöpnafjörður, the landscape changed fast under flurries of heavy
Welcome To Whaletown: A Day In The Northern Town Of Húsavík
After a five-hour night drive, and numerous failed attempts at napping, we arrive at our destination at last. The sun has just reached the peaks of the mountains, covering the [&he
The Forgotten Fjord: Off The Beaten Track In Hvalfjörður
25km north of Reykjavík lies the secluded, undulating fjord of Hvalfjörður: the “Whale Fjord”. This 40km coastal route was once a part of Iceland’s circular Route
Iceland Is Weird But So Great #5: Sheep Roundup!
It’s that time of year again: time to round up the sheep that have been running wild all summer, and bring them from the farmer’s pastures to your store-bought sandwich
Kexland X Airwaves X Your Hangover
Kex has got your back. Whether it’s an afternoon pick-me-up at the gastro pub, an into-the-evening off venue show, or literally the roof over your head at the end of […]
VIDEO: A Road Trip In North Iceland
Filmmaker Timothée Lambrecq is back in Iceland, and wasted no time in getting out into the countryside. This time, his adventures took him up to the north and north-eastern area [
PHOTOS: Trip to North East Iceland part 2
As mentioned in a previous article, I took a superb road trip to the northeast part of the island with my friend Ronald. As it was really hard to sum up […]
Colour Concept For This Week’s #GVPics
Autumn doesn’t have the charisma of summer’s bright shine, but there is something refreshing about its downplayed tones. As we head toward more days of grey, we thought
Volcanoes! Storms! Lightning! It’s The Travel News Roundup
The volcano Katla, located close to the southern Ring Road, has continued to rumble intermittently over the last weeks. Over 200 earthquakes were recorded on September 29th and 30t
On High Alert: A Night Of Aurora Chasing
After seeing a recent high-alert aurora forecast, myself and a few other Grapeviners decided to jump in the car and get out of the city for the promised spectacle. Our […]
To The Lighthouse: A Magical Getaway At Dyrhólaey
At the southernmost point of mainland Iceland sits a particularly dramatic and tide-lashed stretch of coastline. Around the town of Vík, the waves crash in with particularly feroc
Drive-Through Towns: A Day In The Kópacabana
I’m not going to lie—when I suggested to my editor that we should write a travel article about Kópavogur, I was joking. Kópavogur, for non-Icelanders, is a suburb of Reykaví
Photo Gallery: Magic Aurora
Last night saw the arrival of a spectacular display of aurora borealis over many parts of Iceland. A car full of Grapeviners took a drive out the Hvalfjörður to escape […]
Tagging Along With The Reykjavík Food Walk
The idea of “Icelandic Food” is changing. A few years ago, and still a bit even today, the phrase “Icelandic Food” conjured up ideas of fish, moss and hardship—possibly r
PHOTOS: North East Iceland
Ronald Rose , a photographer based in Berlin, joined me on a small trip in the northeast of Iceland. We went to explore and shoot a video of the amazing textures that […]
A World Beneath Our Feet: The Víðgelmir Lava Cave
It becomes dark almost as soon as we begin our descent into Víðgelmir. It’s the kind of darkness to which your eyes will never adjust, and although above ground it’s [&hellip
Drive-Through Towns: Nostalgia For The Non-Existent in Þorlákshöfn
When I told the waitress that I was looking for something interesting to do in Þorlákshöfn, she expressed condolences. It’s not exactly the reaction one hopes for when writing
Birds For This Week’s #GVPics Instagram Competition
It’s obvious that winter is approaching here in Iceland, while everywhere else in Europe you’ll melt in a second. But the cold doesn’t lessen the country’s beauty—