Artist Max Denison Pender went to Iceland to get to the moon
London based artist, Max Denison-Pender visited Iceland this year for a month to paint the Icelandic landscape and make a Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) with a view to joining Japanese billionaire, Yusaku Maezawa on a SpaceX rocket with seven other artists for a week in outer...
The hottest vegan restaurant in Reykjavik is the brainchild of chef Silla
The hottest vegan restaurant in Reykjavik is Sono which is open in the Nordic House on weekends. More and more people are turning to vegetarianism or choosing a fully vegan diet. Sono is meeting a clear need. But most importantly, Sono offers delicious food with...
Kælan Mikla are the Icelandic Queens of Goth – here is their travel advice
One of my favorite bands is the uber-cool, and a self-described synth-punk trio from Iceland, Kælan Mikla (The Big Chill). These three Icelandic queens of goth have been on the music scene since 2013. Their first hit, Kalt, was released two years later. Since then, they have...
Is the holy grail in Iceland? Watch Finding Thule to find out
The magical thing about running Stuck in Iceland Travel Magazine is connecting with people who have chosen my country as the venue for extraordinary (and sometimes eccentric) projects! The most exotic thing that I have encountered in the nine years running the magazine is the documentary...
A new Iceland Ring Road Guidebook is out with great travel advice
I suppose many people are suffering from wanderlust after having been cooped up in lockdowns for the past year. So I believe that many of my readers are planning a trip to Iceland. If you are considering going on a road trip in Iceland, consider...
When an eruption in Iceland turned into a folk festival
How many of us get the chance to see a volcanic eruption up close? Well, not many. But we modern-day Icelanders are privileged people. We don’t always appreciate our privilege, but when the eruption in Iceland began on the 19th of March in the Geldingadalur valley,...
Beautiful paintings from Iceland by Blake Greene – see this amazing art
I have many people in my social media feed that regularly share beautiful pictures from their travel from all over Iceland. These visions of Iceland from my friend remind me of how many wonderful places there are in this country. One of my favourite people...
Goodbye 2020, hope you can visit Iceland in 2021
2020 has been a strange year for all of us and difficult for many. We at the Stuck in Iceland family have been fortunate in our professional and personal lives during the pandemic. The gratitude we feel for that is immense. Of course, we are...
