Stuck in Iceland Wrapped for 2023 – thank you dear readers
What a year 2023 was for my Stuck in Iceland Travel magazine. Over 70 thousand people read the magazine, and 5.400 readers signed up for my newsletter. By doing so, they receive discount codes from over 100 tours and travel services from over 40 travel...
Old-time Icelandic Christmas – dodging trolls, and a kid eating cat
Icelanders love to celebrate Christmas. In a country where people must deal with a long, hard winter, feasting, gift-giving, and merrymaking are welcome distractions. Articles about Icelandic Christmas are popular with my readers during the advent. This is why I wanted to write about old-time...
Icelandic Christmas cookie recipe – taste Yule like you are in Thule*
Christmas is a big deal here in Iceland. It is mainly the time for families and friends to get together. It is not unusual to be busy meeting people most days in December. Want to have a little taste of Icelandic Christmas wherever you are...
The Icelandic Christmas Cat
The horrible Icelandic Yule lads were a gruesome bunch of trolls that terrorized children and stole food from hungry peasants around Christmas. Their parents were the horrible ogre Grýla who ate naughty children and her bedridden lazy no-good husband Leppaludi. And there was their pet,...
Icelandic Yule Lads were bad santas that ruined Christmas
Icelandic Christmas has its unique version of Santa Claus. We all love the jolly ‘big-boned’ fellow that zooms across the continents on his sleigh to give us presents. He is a welcome guest to most. But Icelanders have a lot darker Christmas tradition. The Icelandic...
How to Celebrate Icelandic Christmas
Icelanders go big on Christmas. Not only do we like to give big gifts but Icelandic Christmas goes on 13 days. Yes you read that correctly, Icelandic Christmas goes on for 13 days. Like elsewhere in the western world Christmas celebrations and preparations start obnoxiously...
New Year’s Eve in Iceland – celebrate with a bang!
Are you heading to Reykjavik for New Year’s Eve? Consider going on epic Reykjavik New Year’s Eve Fireworks Cruise. Enter discount promo code STUCK to claim a 10% discount off the tour. Join the acclaimed tour company Elding for an unforgettable New Year’s Eve where...
Join the Icelanders at the bonfire on New Years Eve
Iceland is the place to be on new years eve. A large part of that reason is the spectacular, if uncoordinated fireworks display that is the main feature of the celebrations. There is more pyromania to enjoy however as bonfires are lit all over the...
