Skógar Museum the Crown Jewel among regional museums
Skógar Museum the Crown Jewel among regional museums
This year its founder, Þórður Tómason celebrated his 100 th birthday
Skógar Museum is situated by the...
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The outdoor pearl Grótti
The outdoor pearl Grótti
At the far end of Seltjarnarnes Peninsula is the small island of Grótta with its magnificent lighthouse. The first lighthouse was buil...
Where are the most beautiful autumn colours?
Where are the most beautiful autumn colours?
The autumn colours are the most beautiful in Icelandic nature at the end of September and October. But whe...
The French Street in Reykjavík
The French Street in Reykjavík
Frakkastígur (French Street) is one of the most beautiful streets in the city centre, where it lies north of Skólavörðus...
The National Gallery of Iceland Exhibitions
The National Gallery of Iceland
Exhibitions
The National Gallery of Iceland is situated in four buildings in Reykjavík: the main building at Fríkirkjuvegu...
Beautiful and moody Bakkafjörður
Beautiful and moody Bakkafjörður
Opinions are divided about the small community of Bakkafjörður, the furthest place you can drive to, from Reykjavík, than any ...
Queen of East Iceland
Queen of East Iceland
Snæfell is the highest mountain in Iceland outside the glaciers, rising 1833 m / 6017 ft into the air, 20 km / 12 mi north of Vatnajökull...
Looking over East Iceland
Looking over East Iceland
Road 917 from Vopnafjörður over Hellisheiði Eystri to Egilsstaðir is one of the steepest and highest mountain roads in the country. T...
The two culture houses at Hverfisgata
The Culture House on the left was designed by the Danish architect Johannes M Nielsen. The National Theater on the right was designed by Gu...
The Musical Dynjandi
The Musical Dynjandi
FThe waterfall Dynjandi is called by some Fjallfoss, which is probably a misnomer. The small waterfall below Dynjandi in the picture is c...
Heiðmörk – Happy horsemen on the red ground
Happy horsemen on the red ground
These German travellers had fun horseriding around Rauðhólar. Rauðhólar is a cluster of pseudocraters on the outskirts of Reyk...
Sun on Sóleyjargata
Sun on Sóleyjargata
The Office of the President of Iceland has been at Sóleyjargata 1, or Staðarstaður as the building is called, since 1996. Since Iceland bec...
Autumn has arrived in Harpa
Autumn has arrived in Harpa
The Harpa Culture and Conference Center, which opened ten years ago, in May 2011, is one of Reykjavík's prominent landmarks. The ho...
Two thousand-year-old lava
Two thousand-year-old lava
Markarfljót is one of the larger glacial rivers in Iceland. From the source of the river Hrafntinnusker, there is a 100 km / 60 mi r...
Strange creatures on Balaströnd Beach
Strange creatures on Balaströnd Beach
On the beach by Bali, where Garðabær and Hafnarfjörður meet on Álftanes, there are about thirty strange creatures. An eld...
The Charming Þingholt
The Charming Þingholt
Þingholt is a neighbourhood in the centre of Reykjavík. Bergstaðastræti can be called the main transportation artery in Þingholt. The str...
In peace and quiet
In peace and quiet
183 years ago or in 1838, Guðrún Oddsdóttir was the first person to be laid to rest in a new cemetery in Reykjavík, Hólavallagarður. Guðrún,...
The salmon river with three names
The salmon river with three names
When Laxá (Salmong river), sometimes called the queen of salmon fishing rivers in Iceland, flows into the sea into Skjálfanda...
The Krafla fires, nine eruptions in nine years
The Krafla fires, nine eruptions in nine years
The Krafla eruptions, north of Lake Mývatn, were nine volcanic eruptions at Krafla from December 1975 until Sept...
The lighthouse in Flatey, and one big ring
The lighthouse in Flatey, and one big ring
The first lighthouse off the coast of Iceland was built at Valahnjúkur in Reykjanes in 1878. Over the next 22 years,...