The Space Ship in the Heart of Reykjavik – The Annual EVE Fanfest
Iceland is home to the one of the most vibrant virtual worlds ever created. This is the awesome EVE Online, a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) that has over 400 hundred thousand players world wide. It is run by CCP games which was founded in...
Viking hall in Reykjavik – meet the original Icelanders
I am fascinated with the origins of things. How they began and how they evolved. I am intrigued by how history is ever changing with the times. It is fascinating to see how one generation perceives its history differently than preceding generations. Rarely are we...
A short Film about fish
A borrowed camera, a six hour drive with one CD stuck in the car stereo. My first visit to the beautiful land of Ice, with the best tour-guide/friend a guy could want. Whilst there, the story of the dilapidated fish factory unfurled before my eyes...
Puffin´s Paradise
At the western tip of Iceland lie the highest cliffs in the country reaching a vertigo inducing height of 441 meters. The cliffs are collectively known as Látrabjarg. It stretches some 14 KM so walking alongside of it and back is a bit of a trek...
The dark side of Thingvellir
Thingvellir (Parliament Plains) is without a doubt the most interesting historic site in Iceland. It is right on the popular Golden Circle route. Hallowed Ground of the Icelanders To Icelanders, it is hallowed ground where our forbears founded a parliament and a commonwealth back in...
The secret fossil beach at the edge of Iceland
Tjörnes is a large peninsula in the northeast of Iceland, between the Skjálfandaflói gulf and Öxarfjörður. It’s one of the best known geological localities in the country and absolutely a gem of a place to visit. It is part of the well known Diamond Circle...
See this Photogenic Ship in the Westfjords – Just Sitting there on Dry Land
The Westfjords of Iceland has some destinations that are outright strange. One example is the art collection at the edge of the world which includes a replica of an Indian temple and a replica of the The Patio de los Leones (Court of the Lions)...
The Empire of the Fox
In the fog I could see dark shapes moving in parallel to us, watching us. I immediately realized that these were artic foxes, the only original Icelandic wild animal! I broke off from my group, digging around in my jacket for my camera. I felt like...
