Grassy residences
Grassy residences
Turfhouses were the main type of houses in Iceland until last century. A house built from turf, with stone cladding and/or a wooden frame. T...
Editorial
Vibrant Culture in Nuuk
Nuuk Art Museum displays the rich artistic history
of Greenland’s artists
The Nuuk Art Museum is an integral part of cultural life in Nuuk, as it hosts a p...
Gateway to Greenland
Air Greenland flies to seven Greenland destinations from Iceland
Greenland is known for some of the world’s most beautiful and breathtaking landscapes. Tower...
Siglufjörður
The cultural town of Siglufjörður
Siglufjörður, Iceland's northernmost town, which stands by the 7 km long fjord of the same name, just west of Eyjafjörður i...
The psalmist Hallgrímur
The psalmist Hallgrímur
Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614-1674) was a priest and Iceland's greatest hymn poet. He is best known for the Passion Psalms, which were f...
Up & rarely down
Food is a very large post in the index basket
Up & rarely down
Inflation in Iceland for the last twelve months is now 9.3% and continues to ...
Skagafjörðurinn
Skagafjörðurinn
Skagafjörður is an exceptionally beautiful county / municipality, the fjord and the settlement. The fjord is from Húnsnes at Skagi to Straumnes...
Hólar in Hjaltadalur
Hólar in Hjaltadalur
Hólar in Hjaltadalur in Skagafjörður, is an episcopal seat, a church and a university village. A bishop's chair was placed there in 1106...
Auður’s living hats
Auður's living hats
From the exhebition Halda Áfram by Auður in Gallery Port
Auður brings life to hats
Gallery Port at Laugavegur 32 makes the ca...
Laufskálarétt
Horses & men
Laufskálarétt is the largest horse round-up in the country, not far from the episcopal seat at Hólar in Hjaltadalur, Skagafjörður. It is alw...
Iceland the Glacieal Country
Iceland the Glacieal Country
Glaciers cover more than a tenth of Iceland. The largest, by far the largest, is Vatnajökull in the southeast corner of the coun...
Glacier & Geothermal Energy
Glacier & Geothermal Energy
Hrafntinnusker is a unique place in Iceland. Hrafntinnusker is the first destination when walking the Laugavegur, the country...
The vain of energy flowing to Reykjavík
The hot water pipeline to Reykjavík is 27 km long
The vain of energy flowing to Reykjavík
Nesjavallavirkjun to the south and west of Lake Þingv...
Vífil’s land
Vífil's land
In 874, Vífill and Karli, slaves of the first settler Ingólfur Arnarson, found his high sea pillars, in a bay under Arnarhóll in Reykjavík....
The poet’s house
The poet's house
Halldór Laxness (1902-1998) is undoubtedly Iceland's greatest poet of the 20th century. He is the only Icelandic writer to have received th...
Indian summer in September
Indian summer in September
The weather has been excellent in the last few days. Icelandic Times / Land & Saga dashed to the city centre tonight with a ca...
Thorvaldsen from Skagafjörður
Thorvaldsen from Skagafjörður
The sculptor and artist Bertel Thorvaldsen stands tall in Hljómskálagarður. The greatest artist of the Nordic countries is writ...
On the border
On the border
Fossvogsdalur is a great outdoor area on the border between Reykjavík and Kópavogur. The valley that runs east of Fossvogur cove is 2.5 km long...
The last rays of the summer sun
The last rays of the summer sun
Of course, summer is short in Iceland. But we get lovely days, like this weekend, even though it's late Septemb...
Tourists travelling on Fjallabak
Tourists travelling on Fjallabak
There are few roads that are as colorful, bad, dusty, potholed and rewarding as Fjallabaksleið in the north, a national road...
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