Articles

Danger in Grindavík

The Icelandic Meteorological Office not only makes weather forecasts and does the aviation weather services for Iceland and the sea area around the country, but...

Ingólfur’s Street

The first resident of Iceland and Reykjavík, Ingólfur Arnarson, came from Norway and settled here in 874. He came to Iceland seven years prior to investigate th...

Picturesque mountains

A few years ago, a survey was conducted among Icelanders, which mountain was the most beautiful mountain. Herðubreið won, which is not surprising. A beautiful m...

The Arctic Circle

The Arctic Circle The Arctic Circle conference is currently taking place in Reykjavík. For three days, 700 people, scientists, politicians and ordinary peopl...

Currently in Iceland

Currently in Iceland It's this time of the year. My experience as a photographer for more than four decades is that the aurora is most active around the fall...

Vikings and Settlement

Vikings and Settlement At the time when the Irish had discovered Iceland and started regular sailings there, boatbuilding and skill in navigation were also d...

Hjörleifur & the history

Hjörleifur & the history Iceland's history would probably have been different if the foster brother of the first settler, Ingólfur Arnarson, married to h...

Fifty five years of beauty

Fifty five years of beauty The other day, it had been 55 years since Norræna Húsið (The Nordic House) opened in Reykjavík. The Nordic House, the first collec...

Looking towards the sea 

Looking towards the sea  The fishing industry has been, and still is, one of the most powerful pillars of the Icelandic economy. Forty years ago, in 1983, th...

Thinking of everything

Thinking of everything The Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management , which reports to the Commissioner of the National Police, was establishe...

Kópavogur, The Second City

Kópavogur, The Second City It is questionable whether Hamraborg in the center of Kópavogur, the second largest municipality in Iceland, is high rising or bea...

Torfajökull volcano system

One of the many beautifully formed craters in Vatnaöldur in the Torfajökull region Torfajökull volcano system The Torfajökull volcano system has been qui...

Réttir

Réttir – The Yearly Sheep Round-Up! In September the majority of farmers across the country will be herding their sheep from the plateaus of Iceland, which h...

Jökulsárlón

Jökulsárlón Jökulsárlón is a unique lagoon, in and around Vatnajökull in Austur- Skaftafellsýsla, part of Vatnajökull National Park in the southeast. Vatnajö...

Harbor construction in Reykjavik

Harbor construction in Reykjavik (1913-1917) The Reykjavik harbor construction was the most expensive construction Icelanders had undertaken. It included a r...