The small Nordic nation of Iceland is doubtlessly full of spectacular landscapes and natural wonders worth visiting. In this respect, the Vatnaj쎶kull National Park (one of the three national parks in Iceland) offers a variety of astonishing sceneries which feature the crystal clear beauty of meadows, rivers, and ice alongside the hectic and powerful volcanic/geothermal…
On the eastern shore of the Vatnsnes peninsula슠in the northwest of Iceland슠there lies an amazing rock formation dubbed as ‘Hv쎭tserkur’ (literally meaning ‘white shirt’ in Icelandic). The 15 metre (or approximately 50 feet) tall sea stack resembles a dragon (or a troll, depending on the angle of perspective) drinking from the North Atlantic Ocean. Hv쎭tserkur…
According to슠Landn쎡mab쎳k (a medieval manuscript detailing the Norse settlement of Iceland), Ing쎳lfur Arnarson is widely ascribed to have been one of the first permanent settlers of Iceland, alongside his wife,슠Hallveig Fr쎳쎰ad쎳ttir, and his foster brother Hj쎶rleifur Hr쎳쎰marsson. A nobleman of Norwegian descent, Ing쎳lfur (his name literally meaning ‘noble wolf’) was forced to leave early medieval…
It is customary in Iceland to give books as gifts on Christmas Eve. This tradition should come as no surprise to foreigners as Iceland disposes of a tremendous cultural heritage with respect to literature. So it is that from the Viking Age and High Middle Ages (periods of time throughout which슠the Icelandic sagas and the…
The tradition of building houses with turf roofs in the Faroe Islands and Iceland dates back to the Viking Age. These architectural structures are the result of the climate on these islands, the requirements of the Norse society that settled them during the early Middle Ages, and last but not least of the local environmental…
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