The National Gallery of Iceland Exhibitions
The National Gallery of Iceland
Exhibitions
The National Gallery of Iceland is situated in four buildings in Reykjavík: the main building at Fríkirkjuvegu...
Queen of East Iceland
Queen of East Iceland
Snæfell is the highest mountain in Iceland outside the glaciers, rising 1833 m / 6017 ft into the air, 20 km / 12 mi north of Vatnajökull...
Looking over East Iceland
Looking over East Iceland
Road 917 from Vopnafjörður over Hellisheiði Eystri to Egilsstaðir is one of the steepest and highest mountain roads in the country. T...
The Musical Dynjandi
The Musical Dynjandi
FThe waterfall Dynjandi is called by some Fjallfoss, which is probably a misnomer. The small waterfall below Dynjandi in the picture is c...
Heiðmörk – Happy horsemen on the red ground
Happy horsemen on the red ground
These German travellers had fun horseriding around Rauðhólar. Rauðhólar is a cluster of pseudocraters on the outskirts of Reyk...
Autumn has arrived in Harpa
Autumn has arrived in Harpa
The Harpa Culture and Conference Center, which opened ten years ago, in May 2011, is one of Reykjavík's prominent landmarks. The ho...
Two thousand-year-old lava
Two thousand-year-old lava
Markarfljót is one of the larger glacial rivers in Iceland. From the source of the river Hrafntinnusker, there is a 100 km / 60 mi r...
Strange creatures on Balaströnd Beach
Strange creatures on Balaströnd Beach
On the beach by Bali, where Garðabær and Hafnarfjörður meet on Álftanes, there are about thirty strange creatures. An eld...
The Charming Þingholt
The Charming Þingholt
Þingholt is a neighbourhood in the centre of Reykjavík. Bergstaðastræti can be called the main transportation artery in Þingholt. The str...
In peace and quiet
In peace and quiet
183 years ago or in 1838, Guðrún Oddsdóttir was the first person to be laid to rest in a new cemetery in Reykjavík, Hólavallagarður. Guðrún,...
The salmon river with three names
The salmon river with three names
When Laxá (Salmong river), sometimes called the queen of salmon fishing rivers in Iceland, flows into the sea into Skjálfanda...
The Krafla fires, nine eruptions in nine years
The Krafla fires, nine eruptions in nine years
The Krafla eruptions, north of Lake Mývatn, were nine volcanic eruptions at Krafla from December 1975 until Sept...
Hrísey Island in Eyjafjörður
Hrísey Island in Eyjarfjörður
Hrísey Island in the middle of Eyjarfjörður fjord is the second largest island off the coast of Iceland, 8 km² in size and one ...
Colours and YES
Colours and YES
Just east of Mývatn by Námafjall Mountain is the high-temperature area Hverarönd. The site is only 500 km / 300 m away from Reykjavík. Hverarön...
Keflavík in the North – There should be an airport there
Keflavík 28/08/2021 10:29 : A7R IV / FE 1.2/50mm GM
There is a glimpse of a house at the mouth of the Keflavík river. Gjögurfjall Mountain to the west and Hnj...
One black sheep
One black sheep
There are more sheep than humans in Iceland. Up here on Rauðanúpur on Melrakkaslétta yesterday, I came across these five sheep in front of Jón ...
Earthquake and there will be water, Skjálftavatn Lake
Earthquake and there will be water, Skjálftavatn Lake.
Skjálftavatn Lake in Öxarfjörður was formed during a landslide after the earthquake north of Kelduhverfi...
A Taste of Iceland’s Wild & Sweet
Laugarvatn’s Lindin Restaurant & Café Bistro
Lindin Restaurant & Bistro Café, located on the banks of Lake Laugarvatn, has a firm foundation of culinar...
Discover an Ice-Blue World
Jökulsárlón Boat Tours on the Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon
There are few glacial lagoons existing in the world today and certainly none more aweinspiring and acc...
Hellilshólar Cottages, Guesthouse and Hotel
A little bit of Icelandic Paradise
Set in one of the most idyllic locations in South Iceland, Hellishólar offers a variety of accommodation for the weary trave...