Dimmuborgir lava field – experience nature’s outdoor sculpture park
Iceland is full of iconic places. One of them is Dimmuborgir lava field in the northeast of Iceland on the renowned Diamond Circle. If you are traveling in the area, it is a place you must visit. And what a region. In the neighbourhood, you...
Aldeyjarfoss waterfall is only found on planet Iceland
Many people I talk to say they come to Iceland to see the northern lights. This is kind of risky. Please don’t get me wrong; the aurora borealis is terrific. However, they are elusive. Perhaps it is smarter to come to Iceland for its waterfalls....
Hiking Mt. Kaldbakur – the iconic mountain of my childhood
I grew up in a cold room. My bedroom window faced directly north towards Eyjafjörður fjord, and I had messed it up one summer. I had a thing about locking my room, but one day when visiting my grandparents, who lived down the road, I...
Ásbyrgi is the oasis of the north – Odin’s steed created a natural wonder
Imagine a place which is so strange the only explanation people had for its creation is to attribute it to the steed of Odin himself. The legend is that the chief of the gods was racing across the sky his horse, Sleipnir, stepped down with...
Hiking Jökulsárgljúfur National Park – Icelandic feast for the senses
Jökulsárgljúfur is one of the most impressive areas in Iceland. It is in the northeastern part of the country. Its name means ‘glacial river canyon’ and is derived from the impressive canyon created by the mighty Jökulsá river (or glacial river). It is a part...
Wild Horses of the Summer Sun – Discovering the Icelandic Horse
Tory Bilski is one of the many friends of the magazine. She resides in Connecticut but for years Tory – would meet up with fellow women travelers in Iceland. They would head up to North of Iceland and stay at a remote horse farm in...
