The Inspiration of the Northern Lights
Hanging mysteriously in the sky, dancing with exotic colors and spectacular sweeps of light, it is hardly surprising that the Northern Lights have enchanted and mesmerized humankind for millennia. The aurora borealis have inspired endless myths and folklore. They still provide rich pickings for modern...
Northern Lights App Guides you to the Aurora
The desire to see the northern lights seems to create a strange mixture of excitement and anxiety amongst many travelers to Iceland. The latest effort to help people catch the northern lights is the new northern lights app ´Live Aurora Network´which is available both for...
Northern lights forecasting for Iceland now available
Every year an untold number of people come here to Iceland to chase the northern lights. The hunt for the divinely beautiful aurora borealis is now easier. This is thanks to Sævar Helgi Bragason. He is Iceland´s leading authority on everything astronomical. Sævar Helgi has...
Northern lights in Iceland – the ultimate guide to seeing them
The northern lights in Iceland are a huge reason for a lot of people coming to this country. I totally get it. Whenever I take a walk at night and see the shimmering beauty, I am awestruck—my thoughts to the thousands of people who would...
Surfing Iceland Beneath the Northern Lights – Brace for the Storm and Surf!
One of the most astonishing Iceland travel films I have seen is the surfing Iceland film Under an Arctic Sky. It tells the story of group of surfers who embark on a quest to find the perfect waves in deep winter. But a massive storm...
Icelandic Northern Lights Enchant – Join the Northern Lights Hunt
Icelandic Northern Lights enchant our guest writer Nancy Claus. There are few natural phenomena quite as awe-inspiring to behold as the magical northern lights. Perhaps rivalled only by a total solar eclipse or a volcanic eruption. Join the northern lights hunt in Iceland and book...
Seeing the Northern Lights and Stargazing in Iceland
Sævar Helgi Bragason is Iceland´s stargazer-in-chief and I am happy to call him my friend. He heads the largest astronomy club in the country and is a celebrity and a local hero for almost single-handedly organizing a massive national event for the 2015 solar eclipse...
Epic Waterfalls and Northern Lights in Northern Iceland
Words and pictures by Cyril B who has a fantastic fantastic photo page on National Geopgraphic and nice pictures on his personal website. My name is Cyril, I’m 37 years old and I’m Engineer in the aeronautics industry. I’m French but I have lived in northern Germany since mid 2012....
