Today brings part eight of my series about the ten best geothermal pools, lagoons, spas, hot springs etc etc in Iceland and I’m taking you along to the Sky Lagoon. This one’s claim to fame is that it’s just 15 minutes from downtown Reykjavik and it waves its unique seven-step Ritual as evidence of… More New video: Sky Lagoon – is this the best geothermal pool in Iceland?
How have I never written this before? Laugardalslaug, the big public pool in Reykjavik, the best swimming pool in the country, a place I make a point of visiting whenever I’m in Reykjavik and yet have never written about? Might be because you’re not allowed to take cameras in, so I have no photos. Nonetheless,… More Laugardalslaug is the best swimming pool in Iceland
Welcome to something of a sneak peek at a new series for 2024, in which I look at everywhere I’ve been and fill in the gaps, the places and experiences I just haven’t written about for various reasons. There are at least five stories missing from Helsinki back in May so those are definitely coming… More Nauthólsvík: Iceland’s warm geothermal beach
Just like the Accidental Ring Road Summer 2023 and Quest for the New Volcano Summer 2022 vlogs, I intended for my week in Iceland in February nine months ago to be a series of daily videos but first of all, it turns out I didn’t film enough on pretty much any day. Monday Friday and… More Video: Iceland in February | Iceland winter vlog 🇮🇸
It’s mid-May – at least, in my plan it is – and I’m finally delivering the last of the February 2023 Iceland posts! Well, I still have plans to tear RE apart in a long essay but this is the last of the proper “what I did” posts. I hid from the snow and the… More Guaranteed Northern Lights at Aurora Reykjavik
On the far side of Reykjavik’s Old Harbour, in the Grandi district, in a big ol’ warehouse, you can meet a whale. You can meet lots of whales. If the weather is too bad, or you’re too emetophobic, or you’re dubious about the ethics, and you’re not going out on a boat to look for… More I met a whale! (at Whales of Iceland)
On a rainy afternoon, I stopped by the Settlement Exhibition right in the middle of downtown Reykjavik. It’s part of Reykjavik City Museum – there are five exhibitions in the group which also includes Árbær Open Air Museum, the Museum of Photography, the Maritime Museum over at Grandi and Viðey Island, which I did a… More Going back in time at the Settlement Exhibition
This is the last of the Iceland content for a month or so! Today I’m taking you to Reykjavík’s Saga Museum, which I should have visited years ago. It’s sponsored the official city map for at least as long as I’ve been going, which surely makes it Iceland’s most prominent museum/indoor attraction and yet… I… More Hiding from the weather at the Saga Museum
FlyOver Iceland is one of Reykjavik’s newest attractions, opened about two years ago by the same company behind the Sky Lagoon, and one of at least five indoor attractions in the Grandi district on the far side of the Old Harbor. I considered going in here last April and chickened out on the grounds of… More FlyOver Iceland – a virtual helicopter tour
In my last Iceland post (£27 jacket vs Icelandic winter), I alluded to going to Perlan and made mention of the observation deck and the ice cave. Now I’m going to reveal all to you, for this is the post about my adventure to Perlan and the Wonders of Iceland. Perlan is a very distinctive… More A day at Perlan, Wonders of Iceland