Selardalur is 45 minutes drive north of Bildudalur at the end of a gravel road. This remote outpost is wedged into the last of nine short ice-sculpted valleys on the south coa...

Discover this beacon of cultural initiatives as you wander among the beautifully crafted historic buildings of Seydisfjordur. Skaftfell is a visual art center set up in 1...

Mulastofa in Vopnafjordur is a memorial exhibition featuring the works of the brothers Jon Muli Arnason and Jonas Arnason, both of whom were born in Vopnafjordur. The brothers...

On June 8, 1783, an eruption started that was to produce one of the biggest lava streams on Earth in historical times. The eruption lasted until February 1784 and by that time...

The Geothermal Energy Exhibition at the Hellisheiði Power Plant. The Hellisheiði Power Plant is the largest, single-site geothermal power plant in the world that has tremendous pot...

Quirky and authentic, Bjarnarhofn has a fascinating shark exhibition, where the farming family give a personal account of the family’s tradition of curing shark...

Brjanslaekur is the terminal for the ferry across Breidafjordur Bay. There’s a cafe and above the shore, the indistinct remains of a turf dwelling, believed by some to be that of H...

The broad flat valley of Skagafjordur is a prime farming area renowned for horse breeding and horsemanship. Landsmot, Iceland’s best-known annual equestrian event is often held the...

Flanked by impossibly steep mountains and wedged into a tight fjord, Siglufjörður was for years the centre of herring fishing in Iceland. In the 1950's its population...

Driving along the shores of Lake Lagarfljot look out for the monster, whose story is over 650 years old and mentioned in the Annals from the year 1345. The monstrous 'worm' is ofte...