November 2011
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WatchIceland Mountain Ski Expedition
A couple of friends of mine, Atli and Arnar of Trekking Travel, recently helped a group of pro skiers find new off piste ski routes in Iceland. Check out the video and see their Iceland photos at their blog, Explore Iceland 2011.
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Anonymous asked: My friend from the USA wants to know if her Samsung Android something phone will work in Iceland. I think making and receiving calls will probably not work but do you know if Wifi and 3G will work? I'm not very knowledgeable about these fancy smartphones, haha, any tips would be appreciated!
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Draft of New Icelandic Constitution (English) →
Just something we’ve been working on together on google docs.
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“My advice to everyone out there, photographer or not, is simple… You MUST...”
– Joe Capra on his amazing Iceland video.
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javigonbus asked: When it start snowing in Reykjavik? I love your blog :)
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Reykjavik Mayor wants the right to wed gays
Iceland has received a lot of attention from the world’s gay and lesbian community for several reasons. In 2010, with a unanimous parliament vote, Iceland was one of the first countries to fully legalize same-sex marriage. Registered partnerships had been allowed for some time before that. Iceland’s prime minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, the world’s first openly lesbian head of...
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WOW air open for business
Iceland’s new budget airline, WOW air opened its website today for sales. My post from about a month ago about WOW air received a lot of attention. Their new website, wowair.com, offers twelve destinations outside Iceland. They are Alicante, Basel, Berlin Brandenburg, Cologne, Copenhagen, Krakow, London Stansted, Lyon, Paris, Stuttgart, Warzaw and Zurich. All of these flights are already...
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cyanea asked: Hi! My uncle is from Iceland, where his family owns a riding tour business, and for Christmas I want to surprise him by making an Icelandic horse for him (I make art out of paper collages). I was wondering whether you could post some pictures of Icelandic horses, especially pictures that show details of the face. I already saved most of your pictures from this tumblog to use as models. Thank you...
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Anonymous asked: Hi! I'm a photographer planning a trip around your beautiful country for fun and not so much profit, probably in late March or April of 2012. However, I am not really a fan of freezing to death or anything like that. Do you have any advice for the completely unprepared and foreign novice hiker as far as necessary equipment for the weather or general physical preparations, if I was actually...
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WatchFM Belfast release new video
Reykjavík electronica band, FM Belfast, just released a new video to their song “Vertigo”. I like it.
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President of Iceland Pancake Party Today →
A while ago I posted that the President of Iceland was inviting you for pancakes at the Presidential farm. Today he and his wife Dorrit will be serving the pancakes to a group of travelers who have accepted the invitation. Listen to the President’s interview on the BBC today.
By the way Icelandic pancakes are wonderful. Be sure to try some when in Iceland, even if they’re not...
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gyehenna asked: Hey IcelandInPictures! I really want to move to Iceland but I don't have a clue how to start...I was in Reykjavík for 3 weeks in 2007 July and I LOVED IT!
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Any chance that you guys want to move to Iceland...
Considering how many people have asked me questions about moving to Iceland, you might want to contact Anna.
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