I said at the beginning of the year that I was going to work through some gaps and one particularly egregious gap is Hverir, the geothermal area at Mývatn. I love Mývatn. You can never run out of interesting geothermal or volcanic things to see and do, and one particularly popular spot is Hverir. Hverir… More Hverir: geothermal area or another planet?
It’s the penultimate episode of my ten-part series, Is This The Best Geothermal Pool in Iceland? and I think by now we might have an idea of which is indeed the best geothermal pool in Iceland. But we’ve got two late contenders for the title and this one is the Forest Lagoon in Akureyri. A… More New video: The Forest Lagoon – is this the best geothermal pool in Iceland?
Part six, I think! Is Geosea the best geothermal pool in Iceland? Geosea is on top of the cliffs at Husavik, on Iceland’s north coast, and opened in 2018. In this video, I look at what it has and what it doesn’t have, score it points based on the same system I’ve been using for… More New video: Geosea – is this the best geothermal pool in Iceland?
It’s Tuesday and it’s the first new video of 2024! Today’s video is the second part of my new ten-part series called “Is this the best geothermal pool in Iceland?” and we’re off to Myvatn Nature Baths! YouTube is really confusing me – last week’s Blue Lagoon video is, after about 56 hours, my fourth… More New video: Myvatn Nature Baths – is this the best geothermal pool in Iceland?
It’s Tuesday, it’s six o’clock, it’s time for a new video. It’s episode 5 of the Iceland summer 2023 series and today I’m driving across the Desert of Misdeeds to Egilsstaðir before spending my evening at Vök Baths. I’ve quite enjoyed the behind-the-scenes thing, so let’s have a look at what else is going on… More Video: The Desert of Misdeeds | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
This is my favourite video of the series and I’m so excited that it’s finally out! Day four of my Iceland vlog series sees me on a tour bus at 7.40am to head out into the Desert of Misdeeds to Askja. It’s a shorter day than I expected, only eleven and a half hours, driving… More Video: Expedition to Askja & Viti | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
In this week’s video, it’s my birthday! I give you a quick tour of Systragil, drive the hour or so to Myvatn, put up my tent at a beautiful lakeside campsite and then head to Myvatn. Hverir, the hot springs area, is my first stop, then I go up to the viewpoint over the Krafla… More Video: Exploring the Krafla geothermal area | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
Another Tuesday, another video. Today is day two of my summer Iceland vlog series, in which I pack up my car, set off to Akranes to sort out a tyre and have a dip in a seaside hot pot and then drive five hours to Akureyri, arriving just in time for my appointment at the… More Video: Two geothermal pools in one day | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
Second of three posts on the new-to-me geothermal pools/spas/experiences. Geosea is just north of Husavik, sitting on a clifftop with views across the fjord and out to sea, positioned perfectly to catch sunsets. The building itself is almost hidden from the car park, with the traditional turf roof, cut into the hillside so it doesn’t… More Visiting Geosea
I think I mentioned that part of the reason I went to Iceland this summer was to finish off the geothermal spas? Well, this is the first of those last three: the Forest Lagoon. This is one of the three that has an Icelandic name as well as an English one – Skógarböð really means… More What’s Akureyri’s Forest Lagoon like?