Top 5 Places to Visit in the Reykjavik Capital Area Outside of Downtown!
My name is Stacey Katz and I‘m an American who’s been living, working and exploring in Iceland for the last 5 years. I live in Reykjavik but in my spare time I love to get outside the city and into the countryside, there is so…
Royal Winter Hiking in Iceland – Go on this Reykjavik Hiking Trail
From time to time I join the trips organized by the hiking guide Einar Skulason. The crowd is kind of cool, you are always able to find somebody fun to chat to while you hike. Einar tells fun stories and those trips usually go smoothly….
New Year’s Eve in Reykjavik – celebrate in Iceland!
After reading this, and many other stories like it about the craziness that is New Year’s eve in Reykjavik we decided to celebrate the holiday with a four-day trip, using Reykjavik as our base. The New Year´s Eve in Reykjavik experience starts with Icelandair Non-stop…
Video: Reykjavik, Golden Circle and Black Beach – Go on an Adventure!
My sister and I went on a 3 day trip to Iceland. My sister had to be there for a school project, and since Iceland was on my bucket list I gladly tagged along. We made the best of the three days that we had,…
A Tale of Two Old Reykjavik Graveyards
Reykjavik has two old graveyards which are no longer in use. The first one is now a square just across the road from the Settlement Museum (which I highly recommend) and was in use from the settlement in the ninth century to about 1838 when the graveyard…
Celebrate Reykjavik Gay Pride
One of the best and most popular annual festivals in Reykjavik is the colorful and utterly joyous gay pride parade. The parade itself which most people focus us on is actually part of a multi-day events focused on gay topics which is called Hinsegin dagar…
Cycling in Reykjavik – See this Time Lapse Video of Exploring the City
Bicycling has fast become a favorite sport and a popular way to get around for people here in Reykjavik. It is a pretty good idea to get a bike if you want to explore the city since distances here aren´t that long. For example you can…
Check out the Reykjavik Street Food Market
A quick public service announcement: there is a really nice food market in the center of Reykjavik every Saturday in August and July. Opening hours are from 1 – 6 PM. I went today and it had a really nice assortment of various restaurants offering a lot…
