Me, Myself, Iceland and the Volcano!
Iceland has always been a country in which I was interested, because of its people and the forces of nature. Miles of stony deserts, barren and colorful highlands, vast glaciers, and smoking lava fields. But the deepest impression of the forces of nature was left...
Visit Diamond Beach in iceland – A Paradise for Photographers
Words and pictures from the Diamond Beach in Iceland, which is also known as Breidamerkursandur, are by Martin Schulz. He is from Germany and has been addicted to Iceland since 2007. Martin has visited Iceland twelve times and explored it from the shore up to the...
The Great Fish Day in Dalvik is an Icelandic Feast for the Senses
Julie Sarperi joins the guest bloggers here at Stuck in Iceland. She writes about the annual festival called The Great Fish Day, which takes place in the village of Dalvik in the North-East of Iceland every August. I was staying at a hostel in Eskifjördur in the...
Photographing the Wonders of Snæfellsnes Peninsula
Dr. Michael Schwarzmüller joins us as a guest blogger from Germany. As his account on 500px clearly shows, he is an accomplished photographer and an artist at heart. The good doctor visited the Snæfellsnes peninsula in the spring of 2014. A week in Snæfellsnes Peninsula I was looking...
Ghost Stories: On the Trail of Agnes Magnusdottir
Tory Bilski is an American woman who travels to Iceland every summer with a group of friends. They ride horses, chatter incessantly, and kick up dust. She has also written about her visit to Flatey Island. She went on the trail of Agnes Magnusdottir, the protagonist of...
Photographing the People With Divine Names
Varya Lozenko is a photographer who joins the ranks of guest bloggers here on Stuck in Iceland. She shares with us the unique photograph project she is working on, but it involves photographing 320 Icelanders, or one in a thousand of the population. You can...
Drink, Write, Love: Discovering Iceland’s Creative Culture
Arielle Demchuk is “trying” to be a writer in Edmonton, Canada. When not writing, she dabbles in photography, knitting, reading, and of course, traveling. The best advice she ever received was from a weird animated indie movie called Waking Life, which said that “The idea...
Crossing Things Off the Bucket List in Iceland
Drew Stewart joins us as a guest blogger here at Stuck in Iceland. He is an 18-year-old student and an extremely talented music photographer from England. Drew works as a photographer at Wembley Arena but loves travel photography and experimenting with landscape and portrait photography....
Iceland travel advice from someone who actually lives here
I'm Jón, a native Icelander who has called Reykjavík home for over 30 years. Since 2012, I've been running this magazine the way a knowledgeable local friend would — giving you the honest advice, the real discounts from 50+ partners in the Icelandic travel industry, and 200+ expert interviews you won't find anywhere else. This is Iceland from the inside.