Photographing the People With Divine Names
Varya Lozenko is as Russian photographer that joins the ranks of guest bloggers here on Stuck in Iceland. She shares with us the unique photograph project she is working on but it involves photographing 320 Icelanders or one in thousand of the population. You can...
Drink, Write, Love: Discovering Iceland’s Creative Culture
Arielle Demchuk is “trying” to be a writer in Edmonton, Canada. When not writing, she dabbles in photography, knitting, reading, and of course, travelling. The best advice she ever received was from a weird animated indie movie called Waking Life, which said that “The idea is...
Icelandic Holidays You Never Heard Of
Today is the first day of summer and that is a day off here in Iceland which is of course much appreciated. There are parades and other events to mark this joyous occasion. I thought it might be interesting to cover Icelandic holidays and celebrations...
The Party of the Year Approaches at Light Speed!
If there is an annual event in Reykjavik that could claim the title “party of the year” it would have to be the EVE Fanfest. Since 2003 it has has brought thousands of residents of the online universe Eve Online to Reykjavik. Like last year...
A Totally Cringeworthy Video About Iceland
Icelanders love to talk about their country and of course this site is just one example of that. However, sometimes the results can be truly cringeworthy. Please let us know if we ever do something like this. We will be thoroughly embarrassed. Written by Jón Heiðar...
See the Seat of the Bishops at Skálholt
Skálholt is one of the most historic sites in Iceland. It was the seat of bishops all the way from 1056 until it was it was moved to Reykjavik in 1785. It was the site of the first school in Iceland (also founded in 1056)...
Run a Cable Car Across a Raging River to Meet a Fearsome Female Ghost
Sometimes it’s the little things that make your day. A few years ago I was travelling along the East Glacial River gorge or Jökulsá Austari as we call it and came across the Cable car that was constructed over the river at Skatastaðir. I found...
Do the Icelandic Monster Mash!
It is a little known fact but the sea around Iceland and especially the remote Westfjords are teeming with elusive monsters that usually reside in the deep sea. But they sometimes venture up to dry land on beaches and coves to hunt. This means that...
