Stuck in Iceland Travel Magazine regularly interviews people who have visited Iceland and Icelandic artists, thinkers, authors, and travel experts. Our goal is to give you inside information into traveling to Iceland and insights into Icelandic culture and history.
Ugla Hauksdottir Makes History & Sci-Fi with Alien: Earth and The Fires
When I was a teenager, I saw the scariest, most riveting film ever: Aliens. The film had everything a teenage boy dreams about: spaceships, gun-toting marines, scary, slimy monsters, and Sigourney Weaver. I then watched Alien, which was just as amazing. Aliens has always been...
Icelander Sigurjon Fridrik Gardarson on Winning an Emmy
It is not every day that an Icelander takes home an Emmy. However, compositing supervisor Sigurjon Fridrik Gardarson at Vancouver-based Stormborn Studios just did. Sigurjon and his team were awarded an Emmy for their visual effects work on Five Days at Memorial, the gripping Apple...
Take a Journey Into Icelandic Soundscapes and Sonic Heritage
When most people think of Iceland, they picture epic landscapes—volcanoes, glaciers, geysers, and endless lava fields. But Kaśka Paluch, a Polish-born musicologist, journalist, and sound artist, has given us a way to hear Iceland like never before. She is creating Icelandic soundscapes to match the...
Echoes of the End: Myrkur Games Transforms Iceland’s Landscapes into Living Fantasy
In the world of video games, few titles feel as deeply rooted in place as Echoes of the End. This is the debut action-adventure game from Reykjavík-based studio Myrkur Games. Released in August 2025 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, the game marks...
Eyþór Guðmundsson rescues ancient Icelandic books
Book collector Eyþór Guðmundsson collects, restores, and shares Iceland’s literary heritage from centuries past. His Instagram account, @oldicelandicbooks, has become a digital window into a world of 17th-century bindings, centuries-old Bibles, forgotten manuscripts, and unexpected historical treasures tucked inside crumbling pages. There, you can watch...
Iceland Eclipse Festival 2026: Music, Art, and Magic
The upcoming solar eclipse, which will take place on the 12th of August next year, is already causing a lot of excitement. I don’t think I’m exaggerating to say that Iceland is already sold out. After all, the western part of the country is prime...
Lava, light, and lenses: photographer Kévin Pagès interviewed
I noticed the super-talented Reykjavik-based French photographer Kévin Pagès for three reasons: He captured unbelievable drone footage of a man walking right to the top of an erupting crater on the Reykjanes peninsula in 2024. It is safe to say that this gentleman was putting...
Author Satu Rämö: Ísafjörður Is the Perfect Crime Scene
I recently rediscovered my joy of reading. I got myself a library card and am now tearing through books. Mostly, I read Icelandic crime novels, but I am slowly branching into other genres. However, I suspect that Nordic Noir crime novels set in Iceland will...
