The Vatnsnes Peninsula - Seals in the north of Iceland

Located about 200 km from Reykjavik , Vatnsnes is a peninsula in northern Iceland, home to Iceland's largest seal colony. The main town ...

Free activities in Akureyri

We’ve already compiled a small list of free leisure activities in the Icelandic capital, Reykjavík and so here's the rest of the series...

A visit to Seyðisfjörður

Seyðisfjörður town is situated in a fjord with the same name, in the east of Iceland . Founded by Norwegian fishermen in 1895, this little t...

Sprengisandur: Route F26 or Sprengisandsleið - Iceland

Route F26 or Sprengisandsleið is a highland gravel road in Iceland, running through the Sprengisandur area between the glaciers Hofsjökull a...

Húsavík at 66 Degrees North

Húsavik is a small town with 2500 inhabitants located in the north of Iceland.   According to the “Book of Settlements”(Landnámabók), Húsav...

Eldey Island (Southwest Iceland)

Eldey is a 77 m. high rock around 15 km. southwest of the Reykjanes peninsula, only 0.03 km2 in size. The last of the great auks, a species ...

Apollo Astronaut Training in Iceland

You know that Apollo astronauts visited craters on the moon, but did you know that some of them also visited Craters of the Moon right here ...