A rookie’s guide to driving around IcelandThe introduction of the automobile changed Iceland forever: from a near-untraversable wilderness into a land of asphalt terror. There are…
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Have you ever looked up on a cold winter night and wished the sky would put on a show just for you? Up here in North…
I’m on a boat heading to an island few people have ever set foot on, and even fewer have heard of. Hundreds of clumsy puffins are…
When Verslunarmannahelgi, aka Merchant’s Weekend, aka the last public holiday before Christmas, rolled around in the beginning of August, I did what most Icelanders do that…
Ever since I first heard of Þakgil, it has been on my list. A campsite in a secluded canyon? In the highlands, yet so close to…
I’m an office rat. I love staring at my computer, typing words for people to read, and knowing my job doesn’t involve being responsible for anyone’s…
“Mosastelkur í Grindavík”, “Rísstarli, Fiskhjallar við garð”, “Höfn, Þorgeirslundur: kollgræningi”, “Vogsósar í Selvogi, ógreindur greipur”, “Reykjavík, við Stjórnarráði: kúastarli”, “Barrþröstur í Tjarnarbyggð”. Six seemingly innocent messages,…