Regína Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir

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Hi, my name is Regína and I was born and raised here in Iceland. Since 2013 I have written 320 travel blogs about various interesting places to visit in Iceland. I hope you enjoy reading my travel-blog :)

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The lovely Country Hotel Hraunsnef in West Iceland and its beautiful Surroundings

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The lovely Country Hotel Hraunsnef in West Iceland and its beautiful Surroundings

As a Mother’s day gift, I invite my mother on a girls’ trip to a hotel in the countryside instead of giving her flowers. I invited her to the lovely family-run farm hotel Hraunsnef in Norðurárdalur valley in Borgarfjörður, where we had a wonderful stay. Both of us love the beautiful Borgarfjörður, which is not far from Reykjavík, where we live, so it makes for a perfect outing for one night. Opening photo: the view from the terrace in front of our room The "turf house" at Hraunsnef It had been on my agenda to visit Hraunsnef for years and I had ogled it every time we passed it on my way

The Peculiar Rock, Steðji-Staupasteinn, in Hvalfjörður in Southwest Iceland

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The Peculiar Rock, Steðji-Staupasteinn, in Hvalfjörður in Southwest Iceland

In the beautiful Hvalfjörður fjord in SW-Iceland, you will find a very peculiar almost 3 meters high rock called Steðji. This rock is in the shape of a goblet and the hermit living in it is the Protector of the Hvalfjarðargöng tunnel. Other names for Steðji are Staupasteinn, Prestur, and Karlinn í Skeiðhóli - the Old man in Skeiðhóll hill. Top photo: greeting the man in Staupasteinn Staupasteinn and the parking space - the road is closed further on so you have to turn around. Before the Hvalfjarðargöng tunnel was opened in 1998 the road via Hvalfjörður was on the ring-road one route,

The lovely little Hrunalaug Natural Hot Pool in South Iceland

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The lovely little Hrunalaug Natural Hot Pool in South Iceland

One of the many delights of Iceland, and a particular favourite of mine, is being able to take a dip in a natural hot pool in the middle of nature. Soaking in hot pools is very popular amongst tourists and locals alike and few things beat soaking in a lovely warm pool in the middle of a bright summer night after a long day of travelling in Iceland. Top photo: Hrunalaug Hrunalaug pool I have already shown you the many natural hot pools in the Westfjords of Iceland and a couple of natural hot springs in West Iceland in other travel-blogs. In this travel-blog I want to tell you a littl

The Peculiar Rútshellir Cave in South Iceland

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The Peculiar Rútshellir Cave in South Iceland

In South Iceland, by the beautiful Eyjafjöll mountains several man-made caves can be found. One of them is just by ring-road one and thus easily accessible. The cave is located in a peculiar, big tuff pillar of rock. There are ancient habitations in the rock and a cave called Rútshellir cave or the Cave of Rútur. Once when I visited Rútshellir, I found a dead sheep inside the cave - the smell was overwhelming. When we passed Rútshellir on our way back two days later, a ram was standing proudly on the top of the turf sheepcote. It was quite a magnificent sight. There are two man-made c

A Local's Favourite Geothermal Areas in Iceland

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A Local's Favourite Geothermal Areas in Iceland

My country, Iceland, is often called The Land of Fire and Ice. It is a country of contrasts with all its glaciers, volcanos and geothermal areas. In this travel-blog, I am going to show you a compilation of my favourite geothermal areas, with a link to the travel-blogs where I have written about them in detail. I have visited many of Iceland's geothermal areas on my travels in my country, and it is otherworldly hiking in between the hissing vents, boiling mud pools, and spouting geysers surrounded by the breathtaking geothermal colours. Top photo: Hverarönd by Mt. Námafjall in North-Icel

The Old Tradition of Creating Stone Cairns in Iceland

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The Old Tradition of Creating Stone Cairns in Iceland

We have an old tradition in Iceland of creating stone cairns to show the way. These old stone cairns acted as beacons for people travelling in Iceland, a kind of GPS of the olden days. Nowadays some visitors in my country are stacking new stone piles all over the country and this is making us Icelanders very concerned. I don't think that our foreign visitors, who make these stone piles, realize how much damage they are doing and that Iceland is getting inundated with small stone piles all over the country. This is a universal problem as I have seen these stacks of stones in so many places

Gatanöf - the Distinctive Arch-Rock on Bakkahöfði Cape in North-Iceland

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Gatanöf - the Distinctive Arch-Rock on Bakkahöfði Cape in North-Iceland

I have told you about the monolith Hvítserkur, which is a very popular monolith on the Vatnshes peninsula in North Iceland. But dotted along the coastline of Iceland you will find many other interesting monoliths and arch-rocks, one of which you will find in North-Iceland at Bakkahöfði cape. It is called Gatanöf and is a very distinctive arch-rock. Most people just drive by so it goes relatively unnoticed. It is very distinctive though and well worth a visit. Top photo: Gatanöf arch rock Gatanöf on Bakkahöfði Gatanöf on Bakkahöfði cape looks like a majestic animal of some sort and y

The Peculiar Knútsstaðaborg Lava Chamber in Aðaldalshraun in North Iceland

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The Peculiar Knútsstaðaborg Lava Chamber in Aðaldalshraun in North Iceland

Knútsstaðaborg is an open lava chamber, 10 square metres in size. It is located in the Aðaldalshraun lava field in North Iceland, which is an approximately 100 sq.m. lava field. In this travel-blog I am going to tell you about 2 of my visits to this special geological phenomenon. I am no geologist though, just a traveller in my own country trying to show you how diverse Iceland is. Top photo: standing at the entrance of Knútsstaðaborg. Knútsstaðaborg lava chamber in Aðaldalshraun It is very interesting driving through this area, as in this lava field, you will see very strange lava roc

Núpsstaðakirkja Turf Church and Mt. Lómagnúpur in South-Iceland - the smallest Turf Church

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Núpsstaðakirkja Turf Church and Mt. Lómagnúpur in South-Iceland - the smallest Turf Church

All Icelanders in the olden days used to live in turf houses and the churches were made of turf. There is only a handful of these turf churches left in Iceland today. One of them is the cute little turf church at Núpsstaður in Fljótshverfi in South-Iceland, called Núpsstaðakirkja church. This turf church is now closed to the public for its preservation. Top photo: beautiful Núpsstaðarirkja church One of my visits to the church some years ago I am a huge fan of these turf churches and the turf houses remaining in Iceland and am so glad that some of them were preserved as historical mo

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