The Great Fish Day in Dalvik is an Icelandic Feast for the Senses
Julie Sarperi joins the guest bloggers here at Stuck in Iceland. Julie is French and runs a fantastic travel blog in her native language. She writes about the annual festival called The Great Fish Day which takes place in the village of Dalvik in the North-East...
Is This the Worst Idea in Icelandic Tourism?
As noted here before Iceland is enjoying something of a tourism boom. Some simply call it a gold rush. Regardless of what you call it people here are experimenting with different ways of entertaining tourists. I came across this advertisement in downtown Akureyri the other...
Crossing Things Off the Bucket List in Iceland
Drew Stewart joins us as a guest blogger here at Stuck in Iceland. He is an 18 year old student and and a extremely talented music photographer from England. Drew works as a photographer at Wembley Arena but loves travel photography and experimenting with landscape and...
Hiking in Iceland When the Weather is S*it – Part 2
Back in 2011 I had the opportunity of hiking up to the Eyjafjallajokull Glacier. This is was of course pretty exciting since only a year had passed from the massive eruption there in 2010. Me and my friend had joined the ash clearing effort in...
See the Gushing Geysers of Iceland
It is one of my favorite places in Iceland. Nevermind it is a bit of a tourist trap and sometimes a bit crowded. Nevermind it is a part of the golden circle that has become bit of a cliche in Icelandic tourism. After all, the...
Step Back Into 17th Century Iceland at the Gröf Turf Church
You want to get away from the craziness of the 21st century? Well, who doesn´t? Guess what, I know the perfect place for that. One of the most memorable place that I have visited in my home country of Iceland is the small 17th century...
Douglas C-47 in Iceland – See the Earthbound Skytrains
If you’d like to experience something out of the ordinary and don’t mind roughing it a bit you could visit the picturesque wrecks of two Douglas C-47 in Iceland. The Douglas C-47 (Dakota RAF) was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner for military use. The...
Kjolur Hiking Trail in Iceland – The Haunted Highway
Ever since settlement in the Viking age in the ninth century. there has been a “highway” running through the country called Kjolur hiking trail (or “Kjölur”) route on the Icelandic highlands which runs from the northern part of Iceland to the south. Tales of migrations...
