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 300 travel blogs about various interesting places to visit in Iceland. I hope you enjoy reading my travel-blog :)
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The Njarðvík Haunting - Innra-Hvannagil Gorge - a Ghost-Story from East-Iceland
In Njarðvík in the Eastfjords of Iceland, close to Borgarfjörður-Eystri, you will find an amazing gorge called Innra-Hvannagil gorge. This beautiful gorge is a golden rhyolite art of nature - tall screes filled with the most beautiful rhyolite rocks. Innra-Hvannagil gorge is very easily accessible. It is close to the main road and you will find a parking lot close to the mouth of the gorge. After just a short hike you will find yourself surrounded by the most amazing yellow - goldish rhyolite. Innra-Hvannagil gorge I was lucky that the sun came out and lit up the gorge, making it eve
Lindarbakki Turf House in Borgarfjörður-Eystri in East-Iceland
A cute little red-painted turf house catches one's eye in Bakkagerði village in Borgarfjörður-Eystri in East-Iceland. As you might know from my previous travel-blogs then I have written about almost all of the remaining turf houses and turf churches in Iceland. These turf houses are of great interest to me and I seek these old houses out on my travels in Iceland. Lindarbakki Turf House in Borgarfjörður-Eystri The turf houses are our architectural heritage, but unfortunately, there are only a few of them left, most of which belong to Þjóðminjasafn Íslands - the National Museum of Icela
Njarðvíkurskriður Screes and the Monster Naddi in East-Iceland - Icelandic Folklore
A big wooden cross stands tall by the road leading from Njarðvík to Bakkagerði in Borgarfjörður-Eystri in East-Iceland. A gravel road leads way up in the mountain and by a curve in the road you will find the big cross. A road passable for cars was opened here in 1950, but before that time people could only travel between these two places on foot or riding on horseback It was a dangerous route mainly because of falling rocks, mudslide and avalanches. But not only because of the landslide... Top photo: the wooden cross - the photos were taken on a foggy and rainy day on a small camera, heng
The strangely looking Sound Sculpture Tvísöngur in Seyðisfjörður in East-Iceland
In my last travel-blog, I told you about the strangely shaped Dvergasteinn Dwarf Rock by Seyðisfjörður town. You will find another strangely shaped concrete structure on the other side of the fjord. This concrete structure is located on the mountainside above Seyðisfjörður town. It looks like 5 different-sized interconnected mushrooms - with door openings - or a cluster of igloos! It looks kind of surreal (in a good way) located up in the mountainside. Top photo: Tvísöngur Visiting Tvísöngur back in 2014 This structure is a sound sculpture by the German artist Lukas Kühne - called "Tví
Dvergasteinn - the Rock of the Dwarfs - by Seyðisfjörður in East-Iceland - Icelandic Folklore
On my travels in Iceland, I always seek out places connected to folklore. There is a myriad of such stories in Þjóðsögur Jóns Árnasonar - the Collection of Folklore by Jón Árnason, which is one of my favourite read, all 5 volumes of it! While I was travelling in East-Iceland I visited several such places, one of them being Dvergasteinn - the Rock of the Dwarfs - which is folklore related to a very peculiar rock in Vestdalseyri just outside of Seyðisfjörður town. Top photo: in front of Dvergasteinn rock Dvergasteinn - the Rock of the Dwarfs The rock has got several big holes in it, ero
A Sapphire blue Crystal Ice Cave in Vatnajökull Glacier in South-Iceland
Visiting the blue ice cave in the Vatnajökull glacier is something I will never forget, it left me totally speechless! I was on a tour with the Guide to Iceland team with the purpose of checking out the ice caves in this area. We had already visited the beautiful aquamarine ice caves in Fláajökull glacier earlier that same day. After visiting the ice cave in Fláajökull glacier, I was very excited about visiting another ice cave, as these rare natural ice caves are out of this world. The ice cave guides go look for ice caves every winter and we are always eager to see what the newly formed
Amazing aquamarine Ice Caves in Fláajökull in Vatnajökull glacier in Southeast-Iceland
Visiting an ice cave in Vatnajökull glacier is a fantastic experience. I had seen some beautiful photos from inside the ice caves and very much wanted to see the caves for myself. I got the chance to visit them in January when the staff at Guide to Iceland went on a 2-day-trip to visit two beautiful ice caves. So off we went to southeast Iceland to experience the ice caves. We spent the night at Hotel Smyrlabjörg, which is a lovely country hotel in the Vatnajökull region. Top photo: inside Fláajökull glacier Hiking to Fláajökull glacier Early the next morning we were driven to Fláajö
Íslenski bærinn Turf House at Austur-Meðalholt in South-Iceland
Now that I have written about almost all of the remaining turf houses in Iceland I am going to show you the turf farm at Íslenski bærinn at Austur-Meðalholt in Flói in South-Iceland. Íslenski bærinn actually means the Icelandic turf farm. Almost all of the remaining turf houses and turf churches in Iceland belong to the Historic Building's Collection of Þjóðminjasafn Íslands - the National Museum of Iceland. But not the turf farm of Austur-Meðalholt, it is in the possession of the farmer and artist Hannes Lárusson, who maintains the turf farm himself. Top photo: an outhouse at Íslenski bær
A lovely Christmas Buffet at Fjörukráin Viking Restaurant in Iceland
I often visit the Viking restaurant Fjörukráin at the Viking Village just before Christmas to get a taste of their Christmas buffet, or jólahlaðborð as we call them in Icelandic. Christmas buffets are ever so popular amongst us locals and the restaurants quickly get fully booked. Top photo: at the lovely Christmas buffet Entertainment at Fjörukráin This restaurant, Fjörukráin, is my favourite restaurant and here you enter the world of the Vikings! It is located in the second oldest building in Hafnarfjörður town, built in 1841. We dined in the very ornate Viking-style restaurant on t
Grýla and Leppalúði - the Parents of the Icelandic Yule Lads
I have written a previous travel-blog on the mischievous Icelandic Yule Lads. Now I am going to tell you about their parents - the cannibal trolls Grýla and Leppalúði. You might have noticed them in Akureyri if you have travelled up north to the capital city of North Iceland. They used to be located in Reykjavík as well. You can see what Grýla and Leppalúði in Akureyri look like in my photo below. Top photo: with the parents of the Yule Lads in Reykjavík Grýla and Leppalúði in Akureyri Grýla is a very bad and grim ogre, and she eats badly behaved children, she comes to pick them up, p
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