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Studlagil is a gorgeous canyon with basalt columns and blue-green water. For many years, the beauty of this canyon was hidden underwater. The columns revealed themselves when the water level decreased after Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant was opened in 2009. Once a hard-to-access hidden gem, today Studlagil is a popular destination.  The Location: How to get […]

Thinking of an Iceland stopover? If you’re heading to Europe or North America, it’s the perfect way to get a taste of Iceland. For our family’s second trip to Iceland (my third), we wanted the freedom to explore South Iceland without a rigid itinerary. With the midnight sun on our side, we had plans to […]

Many people travel to Iceland to escape busy, polluted cities and stressful lives. There’s a common theme across every experience in Iceland: peace, quiet, clean, serenity. You can take a road trip to some of the most remote areas of the world you’ve probably ever been to. There are entire areas that have never been […]

My girlfriend, Anya, and I have been together for over 3 years. We just graduated college together in May. We both love to travel; throughout the course of our relationship, some of our best memories have taken place whilst traversing foreign lands. Traveling together during college, we saw cities in France, Germany, and Canada. Not […]

Last year my boyfriend and I wrote our own buckets and when we compared them we noticed that one of the things we had both written down was ‘to see the Northern Lights’. We started researching holiday destinations which could give us a sighting of the lights and Iceland blew us away. During our research […]

When I thought about Iceland before my first visit, a few random associations came up for me: trolls, cold, waterfalls and a strange feeling of “mythical magic” surrounding all of it. I don’t know if the first three associations are just because of my narrow-minded German view of the world but I had a feeling […]

First of all, it’s impossible to describe the beauty of Iceland and the feeling of immersing yourself in the atmosphere. That’s why we recommend every nature loving adventurer to visit this country to experience this unforgettable island. Our trip: Travel date: 25th of March – 06th of April, 2018Who we are: Couple, Lara and DomaRoute: Golden […]

1. Reykjavik is the northernmost capital in the world 2. Today, the Icelandic language resembles the Old Norse Language more closely than modern Norwegian. 3. Iceland is one of two places in the world where you can see tectonic plates separate above sea level. 4. Iceland has a volcanic eruption approx. every 3 years. In […]

Do not let anybody tell you what to do. Don’t let anyone get deep into your head and dictate how you should experience your own life. We have plenty of tourists all over the globe taking an incredible number of pictures of things and places – amazing things and places, no doubt about it. But […]