Iceland for Kids: A user's guide (Travel in Iceland)

Eleven-year-old Ástráður Leo (pronounced OWst-row-ther) plays football, swims a lot, and wants to be a baker (“not a cook, a baker”) when he...

A Survival Guide for Iceland’s Stormiest Days

With summer approaching, it's good to know what you can do on one of those stormy days when you find yourself stuck indoors in a small t...

Supermarket shopping in Iceland

When preparing a trip to Iceland, it is useful to know where you can go shopping.   All the Icelandic towns and villages have at least one s...

What to do in Reykjavik with children

Go to the pool Swimming pool choices are vast, as there are dozens in Reykjavík . Sundhöllin, the most central pool and the oldest in the c...

Tröllaskagi: Troll Peninsula

Tröllaskagi is a peninsula in northern Iceland, located between the fjords of Eyjafjörður and Skagafjörður . If you arrive in Reykjavik by...

Free activities in Reykjavík

Let’s say you’re holidaying in Reykjavik , Iceland and treating yourself to luxury trips and items, (while also helping the local economy of...

Stekkjarstaur - Icelandic Yule Lads (December 12th)

Here in Iceland we have 13 of so-called Yuletide lads. They come into town one by one, the first on the night between December 11 and 12 and...

Dimmuborgir

History Dimmuborgir , "dark castles", is a volcanic formation zone in the North of Iceland and is one of Iceland's most visite...