Winter Barges Its Way Into November
If you were just getting used to the splendor of autumn, bad news: winter decided to make an early appearance. If you woke up in Reykjavík this morning, you probably noticed that the high winds had...
View ArticleGardeners Concerned About A Warm Winter
While opinions are still mixed regarding how warm our winter is shaping up to be, one group is decidedly puzzled: Iceland’s gardeners. “We hope that it starts getting colder, preferably with a little...
View ArticleTour Bus Passengers Narrowly Escape Serious Injury After Crash
18 passengers, most of them foreign tourists, and the driver escaped with only minor injuries when their tour bus was blown off the road in yesterday’s storm. RÚV reports that the accident in question...
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Hiking to the Reykjadalur hot springs
Going for a hike is a must-do activity in Iceland. The beautiful scenery comes in a package with fresh air, pleasant physical activity and—if you choose right—a dip in some natural hot springs at the...
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Huskies Unchained: A Day Of Dog Sledding In Northern Iceland
I love dogs. Especially big ones. This canine affection was the main reason I was excited to go on a dog sledding trip in North Iceland. Little did I know that this trip would have so much more to...
View ArticleBut Is It Spring?
The past “winter” has been exceptionally warm, and now that we are past the halfway point to the equinox, signs are appearing that spring is in the air. We would advise our readers to not be deceived....
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The Photographer Who Captured Snowmageddon As It Happened
Most people woke up to a white world on Sunday 26 February, after a record-breaking 51cm snowfall. But local photographer Gunnar Freyr Gunnarsson, who regularly posts to his popular Instagram account...
View ArticlePolice, Postal Workers Issue Winter Safety Advisories
Police and postal workers alike are asking the general public to show a little common courtesy towards our neighbours. Vísir reports that postal workers released a statement today asking that people...
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A Wild Ride: Views From A Snowmobile
Zooming, whooshing, flying through the powdery, pillowy snow and gazing out onto the arctic white desert: nothing says Icelandic adventure like hurtling over a glacier on a snowmobile. Holding down the...
View ArticleWinds Of Up To 40 MPS Storm Hitting Iceland Today
Winds up to 40 metres a second, rain, sleet and snow, but what else is new? It’s the most wonderful time of the year, when you snuggle up with the new season of Rick and Morty, or finally get to...
View ArticleIceland Time Is Bullshit – All Our Clocks Are Wrong
“As it stands today, the time is 06:30 when we wake up at 07:00 if we look to the position of the Sun,” Dr Erna Sif Arnardóttir head of the Icelandic organisation for sleep studies told mbl.is. The...
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Photos: Winter Swimming In Reykjavík
If you find the short walk from the showers into a heated pool chilly, you may want to bundle up before scrolling further. Nauthólsvík, Reykjavík’s only swimming beach, is a popular spot in the...
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Challenge Accepted: Hiking Esja in Winter
Esja, the light of my life, and the fire of my loins. Having been to Iceland twice before, I’ve always seen Mount Esja from downtown Reykjavik. Along with the calming ocean, it’s an otherworldly and...
View ArticleWeather: Iceland To Remain Below Zero For At Least The Next Week
If you’re planning on venturing outdoors at any point over at least the next week, do keep in mind that it’s going to be decidedly cold. The long term forecast from the Icelandic Met Office shows that...
View ArticleHour Of The Wolf: Policeman To Airline Steward And Back Again
“Society is totally different at night,” says Birgir Örn Guðjónsson, who has been a police officer for over ten years. These days, he spends around one-third of his time working nights, but he recently...
View ArticleProbability For A White Christmas High
If the Icelandic Met Office is to be believed (grain of salt and all that) we can expect a white Christmas across Iceland, reports Vísir. It has hardly escaped anyone’s attention that today has been...
View ArticleDarkness Overload: The Shortest Day Of The Year Today
Finally, the day we have been looking forward to the most has arrived. Today is the Winter Solstice, which is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The sun rises at 11:22 AM in...
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Photos: A Sunset Road Trip In The Snowy South
We took a drive down into the deep countryside of South Iceland this week to stay at the Ion Adventure Hotel, near Iceland’s biggest lake, Þingvallavatn. On the way there and back, we passed some...
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Smite The Winter: Icelanders Play Football On Frozen Lake In -8°C
Reykjavík’s Tjörnin pond freezes over completely in winter. The ice is thick enough to walk over, and it becomes a popular spot to feed the ducks and take a weekend stroll. It’s also a good surface for...
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Yellow Weather Alert Issued Around Much Of Iceland Today & Tomorrow
The Icelandic Met office has issued a yellow weather alert around more than half of Iceland’s coastline. In the Westfjords, north Iceland, the east coast, and the southern route between Vík and Höfn,...
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