The Origin of Iceland’s Hot Springs
From the Settlement to the Present, Hot Water has been a Natural Blessing
Extensive geothermal activity is one of Iceland’s most distinctive features, with mor...
Culture
Culture related affairs from the Icelandic Times magazine
Bessastadir
Bessastadir has been the presidential residence since 1941, but the site has a much older history, having been mentioned in the Islendinga Saga (Saga of the Ice...
The Commonwealth farm in Þjórsárdalur
The Commonwealth farm in Þjórsárdalur is one of Iceland's best kept secrets. The farmhouse, built on the site of one of the manor farms of the Age of Settlement...
Johannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Johannes Sveinsson Kjarval (15 October 1885 – 13 April 1972) was an Icelandic painter. He is by many considered one of the most important artists of Icelan...
The Birds in Hrísey
Hrísey is known for its rich and diverse bird life. Approximately 40 species of birds nest on the island. Hrísey, though, is best known for Ptarmigans.
The Ptar...
Birds in Breiðafjörður
Breiðafjörður is an expansive and shallow bay located on the west coast of Iceland. The bay is the largest area of shallow waters and beaches in the country, ...
A year in the life of the birds in the Lake Mývatn area
A paradise for wildfowl
Mývatn is known to birders throughout the world for its rich birdlife, particularly its abundance of breeding wildfowl. No other s...
Árnesinga Folk Museum
Where history of community and culture become one
Filled with old memories, Húsið “The House” at Eyrarbakki was built when danish merchants were allowed to ...
Isortoq: Stefán the reindeer farmer
The biography of Stefán Hrafn Magnússon in South-Greenland
Isortoq: Stefán the reindeer farmer is the biography of the Icelander, Stefán Hrafn Magnússon...
Special Tours: Wildlife Adventures
Enjoy whale watching, puffin watching or northern lights tours by sea
Special Tours have over 20 years of experience in providing a great variety of wildlif...
Icelandic and Chinese Twinned Towns
The Icelandic town of Hafnarfjörður and the Chinese city of Baoding have been twinned in friendship since 1996. Tryggvi Harðarson, who was a town councillor in...
China’s Glory in 70 Years
1st October this year marks the 70th
Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. In 1949, when
the People’s Republic was founded, the Chines...
Deep into the Mystical Langjökull Glacier
A couple of hours from Reykjavík is the mystical Langjökull – Long Glacier – Iceland‘s second largest glacier. It covers an area of about 950 km² and rises for...
The Ordinary is Extraordinary- Hversdagssafn
Museum of Everyday Life - Westfjords
This intriguing place that once was an old shoe shop was birthed by Björg and Vaida- their love for the mundane and...
Camping in Iceland
Whether backpacking, traveling in cars, motor-caravans, towing caravans or tent trailers or riding motorbikes or bikes, traveling around Iceland and camping ou...
Meet the artist – Valérie Boyce
Landscape painter Valérie Boyce’s first encounter with Iceland was in the 1970s. She remembers a strange moonlit planet! Later, as a graduate of the Ecole Nati...
Garden for the Birds
A summer in Skagaströnd
The Fulmar is a large gull-like seabird, seen at Skagaströnd from January to October, usually in flight offshore or foraging on fish...
Visit Stunning Strandabyggð
Strandir is the east coastline of Westfjords. The only town on the coast is Hólmavík. A picturesque village, the gate to the wondrous wilderness of the norther...
Seals sun on the Seashore
A day in Húnaþing vestra on the North-West Coast
The beauty of Húnaþing vestra, conveyed in its grassy heaths, majestic mountains, pillar rocks and sparkli...
Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhúsíð
Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús: the old harbor warehouse is located in the oldest part of Reykjavík where the town’s boats docked. The building was erected i...