Nils Jessen

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I am a German math student located in Reykjavik for my exchange semester. Together with my girlfriend Katharina, who I came with together to Iceland, I run the Travelblog www.5monthsiniceland.com, where we tell about our experience and post a lot of awesome photos and videos. We have travelled around the ringroad on our own, travelled to the Westfjords, hiked the Laugavegur, explored the Highlands in a Superjeep and have done a lot more. We will be glad to help you with our experience to plan your own trip to Iceland!

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Nils Jessen

On the Hunt for Northern Lights

We crossed the Icelandic Highlands with a Superjeep, looking for a place without any light pollution to get good shots of the Northern Lights... And it worked! (Für die deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie bitte hier: German Version) After a day full of potholes, gravel roads and near-death experiences while crossing rivers (whereas the word “death” probably refers more to our car :D ), our stomachs were given a good shake and the three of us - Nils, Jan and me - were quite exhausted on the last 200 km to Reykjavik. All I wanted was to return to a paved road with a smaller risk of

Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 8th Day - In 8 Days around the Island

Nils Jessen

Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 8th Day - In 8 Days around the Island

Following route 1 – also called the ringroad – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 8. (Für die Deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie hier: German Version ) Climbing out of the tent in the cold for the last time, the last time furling the sleeping bags, cooking porridge on the ground, behind the car so the wind doesn’t kill the flame…The 8th day was breaking: The beginning of the end of our roadtrip. Today, not only one, but three waterfalls were on the agenda. Hraunfossar and Barnafoss, both entering the same river. AndFossatún which is told to be guarded by a

Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 7th Day - In 8 Days around the Island

Nils Jessen

Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 7th Day - In 8 Days around the Island

Following route 1 – also called the ring road – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 7. The night before, we had reached the camping ground in Hofsós in the middle of the night …again! This time I had even been asleep already for quite some time in the passenger seat while Nils was driving. The next morning we went for a swim in the Hofsós swimming pool, which is not like any other pool. It is located right next to the sea so one has an amazing view while swimming, or rather while relaxing in the hot pot. Book your own Icelandic adventure and book a Ring Road Tour Most swimm

Ringroad Selfdrive Day - 6th Day - In 8 Days around the Island

Nils Jessen

Ringroad Selfdrive Day - 6th Day - In 8 Days around the Island

Following route 1 – also called the ringroad – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 6. (Für die Deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie hier: German Version ) After 5 days on the road our car now resembled a dumping ground rather convincingly. If one would try to find something particular – as the camera tripod or a new pair of socks – this could end in a 20 minutes excavation. So I plucked up courage and decided to tidy up our car on the camping site of Akureyri. You wouldn’t believe how much stuff you can pack in a small Suzuki Swift! Next to the car I heaped up

Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 5th Day - In 8 Days around the Island

Nils Jessen

Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 5th Day - In 8 Days around the Island

Following route 1 – also called the ringroad – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 5. (Für die Deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie hier: German Version ) The alarm clock went off at 6am this morning. First thought: I gonna kill my cellphone. But then I remembered why we decided to get up that early – and all the sudden I was so excited that I couldn’t stay in the tent for any longer. It was 8:30 when we arrived in Húsavik, a small town famous for the most successful Whale Watching Tours in Iceland. Yes, that was the plan for today!!! Wrapped up in five differe

Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 4th Day - In 8 Days around the Island

Nils Jessen

Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 4th Day - In 8 Days around the Island

Following route 1 – also called the ringroad – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 4. (Für die Deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie hier: German Version ) A day without a waterfall? Not with us! Today: Dettifoss, the most powerful waterfall in Europe. You can’t really describe it – you just have to see it! (A short comment for those of you who plan to travel there once: There are two streets leading to this waterfall, but Road 864 is not really worth the name “road” – so in any case, take Road 862! Otherwise you will definitly need an off road vehicle – and a

Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 3rd Day - In 8 Days around Iceland

Nils Jessen

Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 3rd Day - In 8 Days around Iceland

Following route 1 – also called the ringroad – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 3. (Für die Deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie hier: German Version ) Only after driving for two days in the shadow of the very same glacier, you realize how gigantic it really is! On day 3 we went for a hike through Skaftafellheiði. The trail went along the edge of Vatnajökull, the biggest glacier and the second biggest national park of Europe. On our first break at Svartifoss waterfall, we were only half as exhausted as expected. Walking on we soon realized that up to that

Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 2nd Day - In 8 Days around the Island

Nils Jessen

Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 2nd Day - In 8 Days around the Island

Following route 1 – also called the ringroad – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 2. (Für die Deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie hier: German Version ) The cold truth After having read Harry Potter 7 and other adventure books, I used to have a rather romantical association with camping in the wilderness… But without a magical selfinflating and self dismantling tent and only porridge for breakfast, it took us some time to get started after the first night in our tent. So it was almost half past 1 when we reached the rocks of Reynisdrangar. There are r

Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - In 8 Days around Iceland

Nils Jessen

Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - In 8 Days around Iceland

Following route 1 – also called the ringroad – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 1. (Für die Deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie hier: German Version ) Unlike our expectations, the Icelandic sights are well occupied. Which doesn´t mean that one can’t shoot pictures of nature alone… It only means that we needed to stay almost three times as long as the other tourists, since we had to wait for the small breaks between the Chinese families crossing our sight. Our first destination was really worth the while: The waterfall Seljalandsfoss. The most impress