The Incredibly Shrinking Glacier in the South of Iceland
One of the best ways to experience a glacier up close and personal in Iceland is probably to explore the Sólheimajökull glacier that sticks out of the Mýrdalsjökull glacier. You should not have any trouble getting to the glacier, it is featured in a lot...
See the Waves of the North Atlantic Pound the Icelandic Coast
The typical travel brochure or website will show Iceland in sunlight and lovely weather. I am however a lot more interested when things get windy, cold and extreme. So when I was travelling from the wonderful getaway hotel of “Hotel Rangá” in the South of...
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...
Be One With Iceland on the Laugavegur Hiking Trail
Iceland has two very different routes called “Laugavegur” (“hot spring road”) One is the main shopping street in Reykjavik. The lower part of Laugavegur and Bankastræti which follows it into the city centre are collectively and only half-jokingly called “Fleece Street” by us locals for...