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With Adventures: Endgame, Detective Pikachu and ToyStory 4 making 2019 an explosive year for cinema, visiting a small, alternative theatre for an edgy foreign film or independent movie may not be the top of everyone’s agenda. With the current screening going on at Bío Paradís, however, anyone in Reykjavík would be quite amiss to overlook it. When the Raven Flies slipped past mainstream success after being snubbed from nomination for Best Foreign Film in the 1984 Osc

Iceland was an amazing experience that changed me and my wife's life forever.  a few suggestions. 1. Eat the local traditional foods. 2. Check out and eat and drink at Kex hostel you will love this place. 3. Cafe Loki... Rye bread Icecream 4. Drink water fresh from a river it's that clean and lava rock filtered.  5. Check out the music scene. 6. Check out Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon and ice caves they won't exist much longer.  7. Use a GoPro camera to capt

On one incredibly sunny day in May, I got the chance to escape the Guide to Iceland offices to take off on a 2-hour Buggy expedition just a 20-minute drive outside of Reykjavík close to the iconic mountain, Esja.  Check out Buggy Adventures tours A buggy is an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) which allows exciting access to destinations where few people usually go; off the beaten path and up rocky mountain passes, off-road across picturesque valleys, and through shallow rivers

Hidden away in a private backyard in Akureyri town, the capital city of North-Iceland, I found extraordinary colourful sculptures of fairytale figures. I got permission from the folk-artist Hreinn Halldórsson to show them to you here in my travel-blog. I didn't know about this wonderful fairytale garden, but while we were staying at Mývatn for a couple of days my husband had listened to the news, where the garden was featured. So while returning home the next

Is it possible to visit Greenland during your trip to Iceland? Which tour opportunities and packages include a trip to Greenland? And what links, if any, do Iceland and Greenland share? Read on to find out all you need to know about visiting Greenland from Iceland. See also: Iceland & Greenland Packages Approximately three quarters of Greenland is covered by the largest permanent ice sheet outside of Antarctica. A mere 1,210 km east, Iceland is a temperate and green country in comparison

Icelandic football has grown into its boots over the last decade, drawing in the world’s attention and favour with its surprising variety of play, Instagram-friendly forwards and significant advances in international tournaments. See also: Football in Iceland | The Secret to Success and: Fitness in Iceland | Sports, Exercise & Wellbeing Header photo: KR Reykjavík CONTENTS 1 - Football in the Land of the Midnight Sun 2 - What does Ice

Located just a 10-minute drive from Reykjavík City Centre lies a hidden gem of Iceland. Eimverk Distillery is Iceland’s first and only whiskey distillery. A family-owned business that has been quietly succeeding in the world of liquor since they opened a few years ago. From the Eimverk Distillery Tour | Taste Icelandic Whiskey, Gin & Brennivin Their products are available in alcohol stores in Iceland and abroad, and they offer a master distiller tour which a few of us her

The Game of Thrones TV-series is my favourite TV-series and I know that the same goes for many other viewers around the world. Game of Thrones has been filmed in many locations around the world, many of which are right here in my country, Iceland. I, being an Iceland travel-blogger, have visited all of the Game of Throne locations on my travels in Iceland and written travel-blogs about most of them. There are for sure some spectacular Game of Thrones locations here, which are well worth

Personally, I prefer sitting down to standing up, and lying down to sitting, so you can imagine where hiking rests on my list of favourite things to do. However, after four summers in Iceland, I had run out of excuses as to why I could not join some friends on a multi-day trekking tour through the Highlands. Don’t get me wrong; I adore the Icelandic Highlands; I’d been to Landmannalaugar on several occasions, although admittedly, I spent far longer in the hot springs than I had on

If you’re planning on spending a weekend in Iceland's capital, Reykjavík, you could do no better for accommodation than the hip Exeter Hotel. We recently spent an evening overnight there to soak in just how Exeter Hotel lays on its hospitality.  See also: Reykjavik City Break | A Weekend in Iceland's Capital and Reykjavik Tours in Iceland Located on Tryggvagata, the main road that passes by Reykjavík’s picturesque Old Harbour, the Exeter Hotel is a rea