Reykjavik, Iceland Travel Blogs

arrival in the land of vikings and faeries...
Sep 1, 2007 (9 photos)

... we've arrived in Iceland and although I cant send this yet because I'm out of internet reach, it'll go out when im back in Reykjavik.    But I wanted to keep you all current ...I know it'll be a lot of info all at once but, for me, writing ...

Raining in Reyjavik
Aug 9, 2007 (1 photos)

... a teenager either. Moving on - after my little tour around Parliament yesterday I did a good stint of wandering around Reykjavik.  It´s a really ecclectic little place and I´m continually mind blown by all of the interesting architecture - they have ...

Relaxing in Reykjavik
Sep 5, 2007

... landscape at Kerlingarfjoll, Jokulsarlon (Icebergs), the many many swimming pools around the country and the culture in Reykjavik. Greatest thing about Iceland - the feeling of being safe!  I´m not too sure if this is an illusion or not, but ...

Iceland on the rocks thanks.....
May 7, 2004 (14 photos)

... . 2am we finally crashed. Next morning and with no real confirmed plans, we decided to walk around the city of Reykjavik, Iceland's capital. My first thoughts of this city or large town as it appeared was lets say colourful. Colourful and modern. ...

Iceland for some Northern exposure
Nov 8, 2007 (38 photos)

... when I was there last, I wasn't holding out too much hope of seeing them by simply driving a few kilometres out of Reykjavik and looking upwards. However the hotel manager pointed to the dodgy B-road that we'd taken the first day to Geysir and said that ...

On top of the world
Aug 6, 2007

... body on a cheese grater with 44kg on top of you!  There aren´t ANY trees - bare bare bare, except for in Reykjavik.  The other reason I didn´t muck around too much today was because the road was a bisyish road that eventually turned into a ...

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas......
Dec 25, 2003 (12 photos)

... out and assault your retinas. At night the lights come on everywhere. Even the gravestones are wired up! Ancestry is important in Iceland, much kudos can be gained if you can trace your ancestry back to the first landing of the Ingolfur. The 'Sagas' ...

Oslo and Moscow
May 30, 2001

... catch, an elevator to the top. From the outside of the church, the look of it was out there, and once up the top, Reykjavik changed. It was not drab and grey, but a multitude of colours were exploding from the buildings. Once down, we decided to be slack ...

Off to Iceland....
Jul 15, 2007 (10 photos)

... about a room. Of course....they were completely booked. HOW? we thought? Who goes to Iceland, honestly? But apparently July is prime tourism season in Reykjavik, and they were completely booked. Fortunately, they gave us a list of local guesthouses in the ...

ICELAND'S HALFWAY 'CROSS THE POND
Mar 17, 2004

... Icelandic nightlife, once again, proved that it's fantastic. Fully grown, blond, high-fashion, high-cheekbone Icelanders flock to Reykjavik's intimate downtown streets and get so drunk they jump around and dance and sing and fall down. There are so many ...

Touring the Golden Circle....with the Golden Girls
Jul 16, 2007

Coming Soon....

Walking Around Reykjavik
Mar 23, 2008 (7 photos)

... trip to the Blue Lagoon this afternoon. We got picked up for the Blue Lagoon trip at 3.45pm and switched buses at the Reykjavik Excursions depot before continuing out to the Blue Lagoon, about a 45 minute drive. We hired a towel each (700 ISK!!!) then ...

Reykjavik, Iceland!
Jun 1, 2008

an interesting place. modern, advanced, expensive.

Goodbye Iceland
Mar 24, 2008

We got up at 4am and went to breakfast at 4.30 before checking out and catching the FlyBus to the airport at 5am. We arrived at the airport and lined up to check in when a lady from the airport told us we could check in using the automated kiosk even ...

Gullfoss and Geysirs
Sep 5, 2009 (5 photos)

Same day as the power plant. Next we are going to Gullfoss waterfall. It is close to Langjokull glacier (there is an umlaut over the “o”). On the way we pass summer cottages. The summer cottages are apparently considered a real coup if you ...

Islândia
Jul 14, 2005 (11 photos)

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The Golden Circle
Feb 16, 2006 (4 photos)

Went on a fantastic 4x4 adventure in a truck with wheels as big as me to some of Iceland's most famous sights: First we crossed over from one tectonic plate to the other (there's a big lake in between where the plates are drifting apart). Then we ...

Day 16: July 22, 2007 Reykjavík
Jul 22, 2007 (14 photos)

Day 16: July 22, 2007 Reykjavík                I got up at 7:00.  Some people had already struck their tents.  Motley and Curtis returned around 5:30.  The girls had returned before 1:00.  All had adventures too numerous to recount here.            ...

Arrived in Reykjavik at Last!
Mar 21, 2008 (5 photos)

... left behind in Amsterdam and it would be delivered to the hotel tomorrow morning. We then boarded a crowded bus from airport to Reykjavik Excursions depot then minibus to hotel. Checked in to hotel and got some money from the ATM. We had dinner at 7.30pm ...

Back to London
Sep 2, 2008

Stopped for 30 minutes in time to catch next flight to London

Reykjavik
Oct 21, 2004 (4 photos)

... it was the Airwaves festival, we saw lots of bands during the weekend. I have never seen people party the way they do in Reykjavik. It's all about the weekend in this city. The bars are open all night and the Icelanders go for it. All you hear all night ...

Somewhere over the North Atlantic to Reykjavík
Jul 9, 2007

Day 3: July 9, 2007  Somewhere over the North Atlantic to Reykjavík              For some reason, I did not sleep but rested without being able to cross over to sleep.  We landed at 6:15 ...

Day 15: July 21, 2007 Landmannalaugar to Reykjavík
Jul 21, 2007 (4 photos)

Day 15: July 21, 2007 Landmannalaugar to Reykjavík                Our routine is so well established, we were packed and loaded by 9:30.  Our Austrian friends were preparing to leave on ...

Day Two In Iceland!
Oct 23, 2009 (39 photos)

... before heading to bed, we booked an all-day tour for today.  Good opportunity to get out of Reykjavik and get a sense of the rest of Iceland.  (Interesting note: Iceland’s total population is about 320,000 people – 187,000 of which ...

ICELAND-- The Land Of Fire & Ice
Jan 16, 2008 (9 photos)

... from that height! Once at Keflavik International airport, we were guided to the Flybus, which offers regular services to Reykjavik city, 50 kms away. Passengers are dropped off at their hotels around the city. Our hotel, Fosshotel Baron, was ...

Sweatin' it out at Heathrow
Jul 2, 2006

... -like excuse for an airport. Heathrow is threatening to replace Frankfort as my least favourite airport. Our plane touched down in Reykjavik, Iceland, at 2:30 and once I'd collected my bag, I boarded the shuttle into town. I didn't reach my hotel ...

Is that Brad Pitt in Iceland?
Jan 25, 2009 (21 photos)

... think they would tell people to board the buses based on the locale of your hotel.  But instead, all 4 buses drove around Reykjavik at 1 in the morning dropping people off.  Of course we were one of the last ones off.  We finally went to ...

So Hot It's Cool
Sep 16, 2005 (10 photos)

... . While we ate our lunch the rain began. It was during the rain that we visited the Golden Waterfall, walked the gorge, toured Reykjavik, and visited the Pearl building. By the time we tendered back to our ship we were cold, wet, and ready for a hot ...

Day One In Iceland!
Oct 22, 2009 (23 photos)

10.22.09               Reykjavik, Iceland After an overnight flight from NYC's JFK, we arrived at Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airport around 6am.  In an interesting  change, while ...

more rain and bogs!
Jul 30, 2007 (40 photos)

... are only 300,000 people in the whole country, think about that...that is not very many icelanders.  So a third live in Reykjavik, and the rest of the country is very open and empty. The middle is all rocks and glaciers, this place is basically all ...