🇮🇸 Iceland’s Essence at Europe’s highest Waterfall
We visit a few more waterfalls in the west of the island. The first is the Barnafoss; actually a…
Browsing Category
Iceland (2014)
🇮🇸 Hiking the desolated Landscape of Snæfellsnes
When you hike to Svörtuklettar, the trail markings disappear after just a few steps. We don't let…
🇮🇸 Hvítserkur – The Troll Rock in the Deep Cold Sea
Living in a country where the elements prevail in such an intense way as in Iceland does not leave…
🇮🇸 Akureyri and The Trolls and FAiries of Northern Iceland
We leave Húsavík and come across an impressive waterfall, the Goðafoss. It is also particularly…
🇮🇸 Whales and Sails in the Fiord of Húsavík
t outside of Húsavík we find beautiful accommodation in a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. At…
🇮🇸 The Gate of Hell at the Craters of Dimmuborgir
The situation with our increasingly empty tanks makes us increasingly nervous and we decide not to…
🇮🇸 The Dettifoss and the End of the World
Saying goodbye to Húsey is not easy. It's just too idyllic there. But we also want to see further…
🇮🇸 On the Backs of The Icelandic Horses from Húsey
Húsey is a farm far away from civilization and can only be reached via a long gravel road. We read…
🇮🇸 Visiting the Puffins of Borgarfjörður
We follow the description of the other travelers in search of the small, remote port called…
🇮🇸 The Reindeer route over the Lagarfljót Pass
We leave our cozy accommodation in Berunes. At least since we left the imposing Seljalandsfoss and…
🇮🇸 The Place to Write a Book – The Fiord of Berunes
In the fjords of the east coast we come across the ruins of a Viking village. Only up close does…
🇮🇸 The Heavy Ice Floes of Jökulsárlón
Between the huge glacier and the open ocean there is a large glacial lake - the…
🇮🇸 Hundafoss – The organ made of Basalt
After our exciting excursion to the foot of the largest glacier in Europe, we move back into the…
🇮🇸 MY Foot on the Ice of the Svinafellsjökull Glacier
If we are already in the land of ice and fire, we must at least have been on a glacier. And there are…
🇮🇸 At the foot of the Katla Super volcano
We are between the sea and a super volcano - the Katla . Should this active volcano ever erupt,…
🇮🇸 The Black Beach of Reynisfjara
We make another detour to the sea, which is never far away here on the Ringstrasse. We have left…
🇮🇸 In the Land of Waterfalls
The campsite at the foot of Seljalandsfoss is terrific. Three waterfalls line up, one more…
🇮🇸 Pjorsardalsvegur and the Roads of ashes
Roads not covered in snow. We follow route 32 towards Pjorsardalsvegur and have Hjárparfoss to…
🇮🇸 The old Geysir and the mighty Gullfoss
Of course, every area with geothermal activity also has an impressive geyser. The forefather of…
🇮🇸 Þingvellir – The Continental Rift of the Kings
We follow the route, which is also called the "Golden Ring". This is the most popular route for…
🇮🇸 How to get hot in the Cold – The Reykjadalur hot springs
We spurn the touristic Blue Lagoon and hike to our own hot springs. They are a…
🇮🇸 Sea Birds and the Blue Lagoon – The lava rock in the North Atlantic
After 1200 years of people living in Iceland, not much has changed. There are just as many…
🇮🇸 How to get to know Iceland – the arctic Island Between the Continents
So this is Iceland. When you arrive in Kevlavík, the first impression is that of a gray,…
