A shallow pool in the deep EditorialHörgshlíðarlaug Pool in the eastern part of Mjóifjörður in Ísafjarðardjúp is a concrete swimming pool that is 6...
The Plumber who became the Award-Winning Photographer, Steinipíp Hallur HallssonÞorstein Ásgeirsson started travelling the Highlands with the legendary Guðmundur Jónasson at the age of eleven Award-winning photographer,...
A small stream, lake and mountain EditorialLyngdalsheiði lies between Þingvellir and Laugarvatn. The first road across the heath was laid in 1907, on the...
Treasures of East Iceland EditorialThere are about 7000 reindeer in the country, all in East Iceland, and they all roam free. They...
Farthest west in the continent EditorialRauðisandur is inhabited in the western part of Vestur-Barðastrandarsýsla. It lies between Skorarfjall and Látrabjarg, which can be...
The historical Arnarfjörður EditorialThe land and history in Arnarfjörður Where is the best weather in Iceland? It’s possibly in Arnarfjörður. In...
Raging sea by the South Coast EditorialThere is no harbour all the way from Þorlákshöfn in the west to Höfn in Hornafjörður in the...
Free-range mountain lambs at Fjallabak EditorialThe small, overgrown mountain Sáta is opposite Landmannahellir Cave at Fjallabak. In 1966, a large sheepcote was set...
Grótta EditorialThe Pearl at the End of the Peninsula At the far end of Seltjarnarnes Peninsula is the small...
Where are the most beautiful autumn colours? EditorialThe autumn colours are the most beautiful in Icelandic nature at the end of September and October. But...
Queen of East Iceland EditorialSnæfell is the highest mountain in Iceland outside the glaciers, rising 1833 m / 6017 ft into the...
The Musical Dynjandi EditorialThe Dynjandi waterfall in Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the country....
Heiðmörk – Happy horsemen in Rauðhólar EditorialThese German travellers had fun horse riding around Rauðhólar. Rauðhólar is a cluster of pseudo craters on the...
Two thousand-year-old lava EditorialMarkarfljót is one of the larger glacial rivers in Iceland. From the source of the river Hrafntinnusker, there...
Strange creatures on Balaströnd Beach EditorialOn the beach by Bali, where Garðabær and Hafnarfjörður meet on Álftanes, there are about thirty strange creatures....
In peace and quiet EditorialIn 1838,183 years ago, Guðrún Oddsdóttir became the first person to be laid to rest in Hólavallagarður, a...
The salmon river with three names EditorialWhen Laxá (Salmong river), sometimes called the queen of salmon fishing rivers in Iceland, flows into the sea...
The Krafla fires, nine eruptions in nine years EditorialThe Krafla eruptions, north of Lake Mývatn, were nine volcanic eruptions at Krafla from December 1975 until September...
Keflavík in the North – There should be an airport there EditorialFjörður is a deserted area on Gjögurskagi, the peninsula between Eyjafjörður and Skjálfandaflói. It was deserted in 1944....
One black sheep EditorialThere are more sheep than humans in Iceland. Up here on Rauðanúpur on Melrakkaslétta yesterday, I came across...
