Askja Tours

  Travelling in the uninhabited interior of Iceland is unforgettable. In the safe hands of Myvatn Tours, with 30 years experience guiding visitors in th...

Iceland Erupts!

Þorvaldseyri A new Visitor Centre rises from the ashes of seeming defeat When the now famous Eyfjallajökull volcano erupted in the Spring of 2010, amazing ph...

Skálmöld sends a heroine

Europe's North apparently creates a somber, but quite fascinating kind of music. One of island's most known metal bands, Skálmöld, staged ​​a joint project with...

Lava flowing, and flowing …

The lava swelling to the earth's surface from a crevice in the Ódáðahraun north of Bárðarbunga volcano since middle of August, could by now fill 740 Empire stat...

The monster of Lagarfljót

Iceland has its own lake monsterThe Icelandic folk tales know about a serpent that had grown into a monster, after a young woman had hidden her golden finger ri...

Das Monster vom Lagarfljót

Island hat sein eigenes Seeungeheuer. In den isländischen Volkssagen wird von einer Schlange berichtet, die zu einem Ungeheuer angewachsen war, nachdem ein j...

Vatnajökull National Park

Introduction Vatnajökull National Park, established in 2008, encompasses not only all of Vatnajökull glacier but also extensive areas surrounding it. These incl...

Lessons from the Eruptions

How Iceland has responded to the volcanic disasters and plans for the future Icelanders have had to deal with 205 volcanic eruptions since the island was sett...

Passion for Sails and Whales

Passion for Sails and Whales North Sailing is where whales meet tourists and the romance of sail lives on When you love something, you spend as much ti...