As if Iceland didn’t already have enough to attract tourists and keep them busy, a new tunnel, dug deep into the heart of a glacier, will open in June. The tunnel, the world’s first on an ice-cap glacier, goes into the western side of…
Congratulations to Roderick Simpson for correctly identifying Reykjavik Harbor in Iceland and specifically Harpa, the building from which this harbor was photographed! Dominating Reykjavik’s waterfront, Harpa is the…
Don’t panic, but keep alert if you have trans-Atlantic travel plans in the next few weeks. The Icelandic Meteorological Office has reported a sudden flurry of small earthquakes that could be a prelude to an eruption of Bardarbunga, one of the…
Dritvik – Djupalonssandur is a beautiful and dramatic black sand and pebble beach with amazing volcanic rocks rising high above the ground. Situated on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula in the southwest of Iceland, and having the…
TravelGumbo is a big fan of Iceland as a travel destination! Now is an especially good time of year to go because the days are already very long, the weather mild (although never warm) and the main tourists crowds of summer have not yet…
Anyone who is a fan of SciFi will remember this volcano as the place Jules Verne’s Professor and his team began their Journey to the Center of the Earth (which was reached from the volcano via a series of lava tubes). …
Jökulsárlón (which literally means “glacial river lagoon”) is a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park. Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökul l …
The new Ben Stiller film, the Secret Life of Walter Mitty, has focused new attention on Iceland as a venue for film-making. It’s a surprising country with a wide variety of scenery…but up to now it has mostly played “somewhere else” in the movies….
Elves are an important part of Icelandic tradition; surveys show perhaps 60% of the population believes in them or in the possibility. While some say “elf” is from “alfar” or ancestor spirit, many believe in the little people. Now the Icelandic…
This week Gumbo looks at Reykjavik in our Capital of Culture spotlight. In 2000, for symbolic reasons, 9 European cities were chosen to be designated a European Capital of Culture. One of those was the city of…
As if Iceland didn’t already have enough to attract tourists and keep them busy, a new tunnel, dug deep into the heart of a glacier, will open in June. The tunnel, the world’s first on an ice-cap glacier, goes into the western side of…
Congratulations to Roderick Simpson for correctly identifying Reykjavik Harbor in Iceland and specifically Harpa, the building from which this harbor was photographed! Dominating Reykjavik’s waterfront, Harpa is the…
Don’t panic, but keep alert if you have trans-Atlantic travel plans in the next few weeks. The Icelandic Meteorological Office has reported a sudden flurry of small earthquakes that could be a prelude to an eruption of Bardarbunga, one of the…
Dritvik – Djupalonssandur is a beautiful and dramatic black sand and pebble beach with amazing volcanic rocks rising high above the ground. Situated on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula in the southwest of Iceland, and having the…
TravelGumbo is a big fan of Iceland as a travel destination! Now is an especially good time of year to go because the days are already very long, the weather mild (although never warm) and the main tourists crowds of summer have not yet…
Anyone who is a fan of SciFi will remember this volcano as the place Jules Verne’s Professor and his team began their Journey to the Center of the Earth (which was reached from the volcano via a series of lava tubes). …
Jökulsárlón (which literally means “glacial river lagoon”) is a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park. Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökul l …
The new Ben Stiller film, the Secret Life of Walter Mitty, has focused new attention on Iceland as a venue for film-making. It’s a surprising country with a wide variety of scenery…but up to now it has mostly played “somewhere else” in the movies….
Elves are an important part of Icelandic tradition; surveys show perhaps 60% of the population believes in them or in the possibility. While some say “elf” is from “alfar” or ancestor spirit, many believe in the little people. Now the Icelandic…
This week Gumbo looks at Reykjavik in our Capital of Culture spotlight. In 2000, for symbolic reasons, 9 European cities were chosen to be designated a European Capital of Culture. One of those was the city of…