I am ReykjavikIceland is not just a certain place, location or area. Iceland has many options to offer and choose from. Around Iceland you can find amazing landscapes, traditions and culture. They offer a whole vision of our land. It surely enriches the Icelandic experience.
In this blog and category, we try to compact everything that can be done across Iceland. All of this in one category. This will for sure help and ease your travel plans. So what can you find in this around Iceland category?
To make it even easier, we subdivided it into region categories so you can focus on a certain area if needed.
Something quite common worldwide is that every single nation has their own motto. When people think about Iceland, they immediately think about ice. Well, I just cannot blame them, our own name includes that word. But Iceland is not just about Ice, it is also about fire, and here is where volcanos take the lead …
Read moreWest Iceland is usually one of the favourite areas of tourist when visiting the island. However, if you stick to what most popular travel guides say and recommend, you might lose a bit of the essence of this place. West Iceland is also known as Sagaland as most of the Icelandic Sagas were written here. …
Read moreThe north Iceland area is the raw side of nature at its best. In this blog, we wrote several articles about amazing location in this part of the Island. Today, we would like to go off the beaten track and show you some other breathtaking locations that are not that well-known among foreigners. Here you …
Read moreIceland, a wild country born from the rage, anger and fury of the entrails of the earth, it could be anything but ordinary. Centuries of shaping caused the creation of this striking beauty, one could easily think it was directly design by the most talented god of the Vanaheimr. Welcome to the Secrets of the …
Read moreAkranes is a town of about 5.000 inhabitants at just 49 km away from the capital city Reykjavik. If you compared this data with the population in many other cities around Iceland, we could of course say it is an important location…and it surely is! It holds the title of the capital of West Iceland. …
Read moreSwimming pools in Iceland are rather cheap and more popular than hot- dogs’ booths. The tickets cost around 500-600 ISK and your entrance is valid for the whole day. Icelandic use swimming pools all year long, it doesn’t matter if it’s cold outside. Swimming pools are a great attraction when traveling with kids. The Sundlaug Akureyrar …
Read moreIceland is indeed a big island in comparison to its inhabitants. The fact that our land is scarcely populated does not mean there are several cities, towns or villages that are worth visiting. That is why this time we are traveling all the way to the west of Iceland to visit Borgarnes. Borgarnes had its …
Read moreThe eastern part of Iceland is indeed a magical place full of wild nature. There are many places that have no comparison anywhere in the continent such us Europe’s largest glacier Vatnajökull, Jökulsárlón which is the longest lake in Iceland. Lagarfljót, as well as numerous fjords, fishing villages and places like Húsavík. This village is …
Read moreVik is a great spot to start your journey in the wild and unusual Icelandic world. One of its parts is warning signs of possible eruptions of volcanoes and sandstorms in the Myrdalssandur wasteland such as the one standing at the exit of the village on the east side. Going further it’s even more interesting! …
Read moreFar in the North Atlantic, almost completely detached from the rest of Iceland, you can find Western Fjords. The region is known from English as Westfjords and is one of the most spectacular part of Iceland. Its area is already in the Arctic zone so in winter the sun does not appear above the horizon …
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