Patreksfjörður EditorialPatreksfjörður is the biggest town in the southern part of the Westfjords, with a population of around 660....
Reykhólahreppur: Overlooking Breiðafjörður from the Westfjords Vignir Andri GuðmundssonMYSTIC HISTORY Reykhólahreppur: Overlooking Breiðafjörður from the Westfjords The Westfjords’ south coast holds one of Iceland’s hidden pearls....
Mystic History Vignir Andri GuðmundssonReykhólahreppur: Overlooking Breiðafjörður from the Westfjords The Westfjords’ south coast holds one of Iceland’s hidden pearls. It’s a...
Rauðasandur south of Patreksfjörður EditorialLonely Planet, one of the most respected and most popular travel book publications and information provider about countries...
Patreksfjörður & Patreksfjörður EditorialPatreksfjörður is named after Patrekur (d :963), bishop of Suðureyjar (e : Hebrides), but the settler Örlygur Hrappsson,...
Almost the Northernmost Point EditorialHornstrandir, the northernmost part of the West Fjords, is the largest deserted area in Iceland, having been abandoned...
Picturesque mountains EditorialA few years ago, a survey was conducted among Icelanders, which mountain was the most beautiful mountain. Herðubreið...
Vestfirðir of course EditorialIn a 2021 survey by the Tourism Council, it was evident that eight out of ten tourists who...
Western settlement EditorialAbout 1,200 people now live in Vesturbyggð on the southern side of the Vestfjords, which extends from Barðaströnd...
Beautiful & sparsely populated EditorialThe least populated, and also the most remote municipality in Iceland, is Árneshreppur at Strandir, in the Westfjords....
Glorious Dýrafjörður EditorialDýrafjörður lies between Arnarfjörður and Önundarfjörður in the Westfjords. The fjord is over 30 km long, and 9...
Barðastrandasýslur in beautiful weather EditorialThere are few who travel through the two small Barðastrandar counties (Barðastrandarsýslur), which stretch from Gilsfjörður to Látrabjarg,...
Between Two Cliffs EditorialHornvík Bay in Hornstrandir lies between two of the largest bird cliffs in Iceland, Hælavíkurbjarg to the west...
The history, the land and the calm EditorialThe history, the land and the calm The other day I heard a meteorologist talking about the weather...
Going 100 Years Back in Time EditorialFlatey in Breiðafjörður was, for many centuries, a large farm and one of the leading trading places in...
Árneshreppur EditorialÁrneshreppur There are 69 municipalities in Iceland. Of course, the most populous is Reykjavík, where a third of...
Westernmost part of Europe EditorialPatreksfjörður in the Westfjords is the westernmost town in Europe. From Reykjavík it’s 400 km / 240 mi...
Spooky houses EditorialSpooky houses In the middle of the Cold War, in 1953, the Americans built a military base and...
Kjaransbraut, the most beautiful road in Iceland? EditorialKjaransbraut, the most beautiful road in Iceland? There is no road in Iceland as rugged as Kjaransbraut. The...
A shallow pool in the deep EditorialHörgshlíðarlaug Pool in the eastern part of Mjóifjörður in Ísafjarðardjúp is a concrete swimming pool that is 6...