South Iceland

Gateway to Vatnajökull

Gateway to Vatnajökull Hornafjörður is a scenic slice of southeast Iceland Breidamerkurjökull - Þorvarður Árnason Eystrahorn Páll Jökull Petursson I...

Light

Light Ever changing, never the same. That's how Iceland is. Icelandic Times / Land & Saga went travelling. Headed east. At this time of year ...

Tourists & barns

Tourists & barns Icelandic Times / Land & Saga went sightseeing at the end of winter. Headed east from Reykjavík. At this time of year, at the en...

Mountains & waterfalls

Mountains & waterfalls Ever changing, never the same. That's how Iceland is. Icelandic Times / Land & Saga went sightseeing. Headed east from Reykjav...

The blooming town of Hveragerði

The blooming town of Hveragerði Hveragerði, a town 50 km east of Reykjavík, was created after the second war, but in 1941 there were about 140 people living ...

A visit to Þingvellir

  A visit to Þingvellir It has been 95 years since the first national park in Iceland, Þingvellir National Park, was established in 1928. Þingvellir ...

Þorlákshöfn on the up and go

Þorlákshöfn on the up and go The town of Þorlákshöfn on the south coast, where Reykjanes meets Suðurland, now has around 2000 inhabitants. Þorlákshöfn is jus...

Hekla

The queen, Hekla Hekla is the most active and probably the best-known volcano in Iceland. Hekla is a very young volcano, about 7000 years old, on a very active...

Fjallabak 

Fjallabak  When it rains, and it does so often in Fjallabak, the highlands of Rangárvallasýsla and Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland is the most green. True G...

The homely herd’s lair

Hotel Hjarðarból lies in the South-West between Selfoss and Hveragerði, 30 minutes from Reykjavík Hotel Hjarðarból Hotel Hjarðarból – Herd’s Lair – is a ...

Árnessýsla Heritage Museum

Árnessýsla Heritage Museum The history of the Árnessýsla Heritage Museum began in 1953, almost 70 years ago. In the beginning, it mainly  held objects from t...

Litla Horn

The Viking village under the mountains One of the most beautiful mountains in Iceland and one of the few places in Iceland where you can find gabbro, (a coar...

East & South

East & South It's 45 km, 45 min drive from Reykjavík, along Ring Road 1, east to Hveragerði in the south driving over Hellisheiði. As far as we know, the...

Five locations

Five locations Isn't now the perfect time to dream about travelling to beautiful locations... where to go this winter or plan longer trips around Iceland nex...

Langisjór

Langisjór What is the most beautiful place in Iceland? I'm often asked this question. And, of course, there is no one place the most beautiful. The light, th...