Gateway to Vatnajökull
Hornafjörður is a scenic slice of southeast Iceland
Breidamerkurjökull - Þorvarður Árnason
Eystrahorn Páll Jökull Petursson
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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
Hveragerði, a town 50 km east of Reykjavík, was created after the second war, but in 1941 there were about 140 people living ...
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...
Will our next eruption be just north of Vatnajökull?
One of the most active volcanic eruptions area in the country is from Bárðarbunga, the second highest m...
Sagnaheimar Folk Museum in the magical Westman Islands
The Folk Museum of Vestmannaeyjar – the Westman Islands – is a museum built on old traditions. In addi...
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
When it rains, and it does so often in Fjallabak, the highlands of Rangárvallasýsla and Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland is the most green. True G...
Hotel Hjarðarból lies in the South-West between Selfoss and Hveragerði, 30 minutes from Reykjavík
Hotel Hjarðarból
Hotel Hjarðarból – Herd’s Lair – is a ...
The assembly- and sacred place of Icelanders
Alþingi is the first institution that we owned jointly as a nation. Founded in Þingvellir in 930, the meeting pl...
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...
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
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
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...
Glacier snout and a fascinating cave
Glaciers cover about 11% of Iceland. The largest of them is the Vatnajökull Glacier, which covers 8% of the country; it ...
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...