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Regína Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir

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

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 one-night outing. 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 up

The Peculiar Rock, Steðji-Staupasteinn, in Hvalfjörður in Southwest Iceland
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Regína Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir

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 opened in 1998, the road via Hvalfjörður was part of the Ring Road, and

The lovely little Hrunalaug Natural Hot Pool in South Iceland
Regína Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir
Regína Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir

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 l

The Peculiar Rútshellir Cave in South Iceland​
Regína Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir
Regína Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir

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 the Ring Road, 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, 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 caves

A Local's Favourite Geothermal Areas in Iceland
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Regína Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir

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, volcanoes, and geothermal areas. In this travel blog, I am going to show you a compilation of my favourite geothermal areas, with links 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 between hissing vents, boiling mud pools, and spouting geysers, surrounded by breathtaking geothermal colours. Top photo: Hverarönd by Mt. Námafjall in North Iceland 1.

The Old Tradition of Creating Stone Cairns in Iceland
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Regína Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir

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 served as beacons for travellers 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 causing and how Iceland is being 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 on my

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

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

I have told you about the monolith Hvítserkur, a very popular monolith on the Tjörnes 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 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 creature of some sort, and you can

The Peculiar Knútsstaðaborg Lava Chamber in Aðaldalshraun in North Iceland
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Regína Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir

The Peculiar Knútsstaðaborg Lava Chamber in Aðaldalshraun in North Iceland

In the Aðaldalshraun lava field in North Iceland, you will find a special geological phenomenon called Knútsstaðaborg. Knútsstaðaborg is an open lava chamber measuring 10 square metres. In this travel blog, I am going to tell you about two of my visits to Knútsstaðaborg. 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 bizarre lava rock formations

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

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 historica

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