The other Húsavík
Húsavík is the largest bay in Víknaslóðir, between Borgarfjörður Eystri and Loðmundarfjörður in the East Fjords. Þorsteinn Kleggi settled t...
Djúpivogur is a hot spot
According to official measurements, temperatures have only been measured six times above 30 ° C / 86 ° F in Iceland. The highest tem...
Welcome to Vopnafjörður
Vopnafjörður is between Bakkafjörður and Héraðsflói in East Iceland, and in the village and the surrounding area in the fjord live ab...
Welcome to Bakkafjörður
You can not get further from Reykjavík than to Bakkafjörður, between Þistilfjörður and Vopnafjörður. The atmosphere in Bakkafjörður i...
Klifbrekkufossar in Mjóifjörður
The Klifbrekkufossar waterfalls at the bottom of Mjóifjörður in the Eastfjords are some of the most beautiful waterfalls in I...
Impassable roads in winter conditions
From 1 November, it is permitted to drive on studded winter tires. It is necessary since the weather has been relativel...
Treasures of East Iceland
There are about 7000 reindeer in the country, all in East Iceland, and they all roam free. They were transported to the country in ...
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
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
Road 917 from Vopnafjörður over Hellisheiði Eystri to Egilsstaðir is one of the steepest and highest mountain roads in the country. T...
In the tiny town of Stöðvarfjörður in East Iceland, a young girl named Petra began collecting stones in the mountains surrounding her home—and continued to do s...
Caution – single-lane bridge
Highway 1 or the Ring Road around Iceland is 1322 km / 822 mi long and was completed in 1974 when the bridge over Skeiðará, ...
The photo is taken in Vök baths on the banks of Urriðavatn, Egilsstaðar, on its second anniversary in July. What makes the bathing place so unique is t...
Explore the vast beauty of the East
Djúpivogur - Photo Jessica Auer
East Iceland is home to some of the most remote, spectacular nature on the island, wi...
Vök Baths offers guests the only floating geothermal pools in all Iceland.
Vök Baths is an exciting new geothermal bathing facility where guests can enjoy ...
In the early 16th century, the French started fishing cod in the rich Icelandic waters. They began modestly and each year over the following centuries, they se...
Djupivogur in east Iceland very close to Hamarfjörður
The oldest relics discovered so far in Iceland are some Roman bronze coins, forged in the years 270-305 ...
The Gateway to East Iceland
Djúpivogur Municipality is Cittaslow
Located on a peninsula in south eastern Iceland, near the island of Papey and on the fjord B...