Northern Lights App Guides you to the Aurora
The desire to see the northern lights seems to create a strange mixture of excitement and anxiety amongst many travelers to Iceland. The latest effort to help people catch the northern lights is the new northern lights app ´Live Aurora Network´which is available both for...
Northern lights forecasting for Iceland now available
Every year, an untold number of people come here to Iceland to chase the northern lights. The hunt for the divinely beautiful aurora borealis is now easier. This is thanks to Sævar Helgi Bragason. He is Iceland´s leading authority on everything astronomical. Sævar Helgi has...
Northern lights in Iceland – the ultimate guide to seeing them
The northern lights in Iceland are a major reason many people come to this country. I totally get it. Whenever I take a walk at night and see the shimmering beauty, I am awestruck—my thoughts go out to the thousands of people who would be...
Seeing the Northern Lights and Stargazing in Iceland
Sævar Helgi Bragason is Iceland´s stargazer-in-chief and I am happy to call him my friend. He heads the largest astronomy club in the country and is a celebrity and a local hero for almost single-handedly organizing a massive national event for the 2015 solar eclipse...
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.