Iceland Travel Planner Helga Stína helps you discover hidden gems
Helga Stína is an independent Iceland travel planner and the woman behind the travel company Iceland Unwrapped. She focuses on helping her customers to find hidden gems here in Iceland. She has a great website. Its blog section is a solid resource for anyone planning…
Deep dive into Icelandic films with the podcast Kvikmyndapod
I love podcasts and audiobooks. I commute almost exclusively by bike, and every time I get on my bike, I look forward to listening to something. There are a few great Iceland-focused podcasts out there. I interviewed the wonderful Jewells Chambers, who has the entertaining…
20% off Unique Langjökull Glacier Tour from Gullfoss
Langjökull is Iceland’s second biggest glacier, and this massive sheet of ice is just amazing to visit. Therefore I am delighted to team up with Sleipnir’s Tours to offer my readers a discount code for 20% off the Red Glacial Monster Truck Expedition Sign up…
Icelandic music star Ásgeir wants you to experience the ring road
I first met the Icelandic singer and superstar Ásgeir about seven or eight years ago. He was performing at the IT company I was working for. I was in the marketing department and recorded his performance on my phone. Ásgeir was alone on a small…
Alda Sigmundsdóttir on Iceland, narcissism, and being known
Alda Sigmundsdóttir is a force of nature when it comes to educating the world about Iceland, its history, and culture. She has written and published seven top-rated books in her Little Books on Icelanders series, covering such topics as the Icelandic language, tourists to Iceland,…
The lonely mountain of Mælifell
There are plenty of mountains in Iceland. Many of them are impressive. But one of the most beautiful mountains you will ever see in Iceland is the lonely mountain of Mælifell. It is situated just north of Mýrdalsjökull glacier. In that glacier, the massive volcano…
Yoda cave combines Star Wars and Icelandic foundation myth
This summer, I visited the only place in Iceland where Star Wars and the legends surrounding the settlement of Iceland meet. The site is cape Hjörleifshöfði on the south coast of Iceland. It received international fame when it was the location of the opening scene…
I finally got to visit the stunning Múlagljúfur canyon
Icelanders have a phrase that is telling for our volatile climate: veðurgluggi; literally, it means weather window. It describes a relatively short period where the weather is surprisingly good, and you are almost duty-bound to take advantage of it. My friend and I, Martin Schulz,…
