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Explore the North

Explore the North Star Travel operates tours in the north of Iceland. North Iceland is full of natural pearls and hidden gems and is a treat to all those th...

Living in the Lava

The town where they live with Hidden People and boiling pools Visitors to Iceland expect something different. They’ve heard about the volcanos. Then,...

ICELAND’S INSIDE STORY

ICELAND'S INSIDE STORY STATE-OF-THE ART EDUCATIONAL CENTRE The Lava Centre is an interactive, high-tech educational exhibition depicting volcanic ac...
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Vestmannaeyjar – Heimaey

The two most momentous events in the history of Vestmannaeyjar are the Turkish raid in 1627, and the Heimaey erup­tion in 1973. Both events resulted in a great ...
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Krafla eruption 1975-84

The Krafla eruption 1975 began in the morning of December 20 near Leirhnjúkur in the Krafla caldera, near Mývatn. This place is a well known volcanic area, a pa...

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 HOUSE THAT DISAPPEARED

THE HOUSE THAT DISAPPEARED The Eldheimar Volcano Museum on the Westman Islands None of Heimaey’s 5,300 inhabitants had ever expected that a volcanic eruption...