Like most Icelandic towns, Djupivogur, nestling in the far south of the Eastfjords on the corner where southern Iceland becomes eastern Iceland, is a functional rather than pretty town. Most…
Iceland is a country you don’t just visit, you experience it. It is like a stage drama, played out by the colossal actors of fire, ice and ocean each putting…
There’s a lot of typical Iceland features in this shot. - the black, volcanic rock surfacing the road, the wide, green, bare expanse of the valley floor, jagged, brooding mountains…
Back to Iceland and back to the small town of Vik. Undoubtedly, the most interesting and eye-catching building in town is the small church. Simple in design, with its bright…
Reynisfjall is the high ridge that overlooks Vik from the east. This high, jagged basalt mass forms a flat-topped headland that juts out into the cold waters of the North…
The small town of Vik sits roughly in the middle of the south coast of Iceland, nestled on a bed of glacial moraine between two high volcanic ridges. It stands…
Gulfoss. The final point of the Iceland ‘Golden Triangle’, that little cluster of sights within a day trip of Reykjavik that everyone should, and generally does, visit. Here, the wild…
The interior of Iceland is one of Europe’s last real wildernesses. Only a couple of roads cross this brooding landscape of mountains, volcanoes and icecaps and only a handful of…
Thingvellir and in fact Iceland in general are known not only for their spectacular scenery but also their wildlife. In the summer months, the coast, rivers, mountains and moors become…
A few more from Thingvellir National Park in southwest Iceland showing the tortured landscape of Almannagja, the cliffs and canyons on the northwestern side of the Rift Valley. To stand…