Author archives: Sander

Don’t be offended if an Icelander calls you by your first name the first time you meet as that’s standard nature.

The majority of Icelanders believes in elves and fairy’s.

James Bond drives on the ice lake of Jökulsárlón

The Icelandic horse is a breed of horse developed in Iceland.

A thrilling ride on the white water rapids of Hvita river below Gullfoss waterfall.

Aurora Borealis – or northern light – happen when energetically charged particles collide with atoms in high altitude atmospheres, and this solar wind is directed into the atmosphere by the Earth’s magnetic field.

Movie makers also found the beautiful and awesome scenery on Iceland and used it in many movies. Some of my favorites are below: The idea of filming space scenes in Iceland is not such a stretch of the imagination. Iceland’s barren, uneven landscape has often been compared to the surface of…

The main road on the island – number 1 – is a perfectly maintained road. Secondary roads however are a different story.