bits and pieces from the northern island.
While the eruption in Fimmvörduháls is still of relatively small size in comparison to recent eruptions in Iceland (there is about one eruption every three years in the country), there is big uncertainty about possible future developments. The Icelandic Meteorological Institute reported an increase in the activity, with lava flowing in the Hvannárgil canyon (source). … Read the full article →
It seems that the first passenger flights have started leaving Iceland, after this morning’s cancellations. A guy staying at our guesthouse, who had his flight cancelled this morning, was informed that the flight will leave in a few hours. You can follow the departures and arrivals at the Keflavik airport’s website (in English). Meanwhile, new … Read the full article →
We have been having funny, little mini-earthquakes in the past days, and news reports linked them to volcano activity in the Eyjafjallajökull glacier area. Well, this night, around 11:30 local time, the volcano erupted, close to Fimmvörduháls, a walking path that is very popular during summer months. The exact location of the volcano is between the … Read the full article →
As the cost of living is one of most common issues one can encounter when visiting or moving to another country, here we try to give you an idea compiling a list of some of the most common consumer goods. This list isn’t an ultimate scale and it will be updated frequently. Prices may vary … Read the full article →
It must be some form of idiosyncrasy or it must be a fixation. Or it’s the former cinema student in me that has been brainwashed by manuals written by conceited scholars and critics. Whatever it is, I can’t restrain myself. Should I? I haven’t signed a deal with anybody and this site isn’t supposed to … Read the full article →
In the fantasy of many, the words fast food conjure images of endless queues, mediocre and badly packaged dishes, suspicious ingredients and food so greasy and hardly digestible that even a walrus would find it difficult to have a nice day in the full possession of its faculties after swallowing it down. Giant creepy clowns … Read the full article →
Many times before coming here I had the occasion to read about complaints – especially from UK and US citizens – regarding the prohibitive costs of alcoholic beverages in the Nordic countries area. I honestly didn’t know what to think of it at the time, since stereotypal depiction of Bretons often makes fun of them … Read the full article →
When the kreppa hit Iceland, we had a glimpse of what is often hidden from our view: the way the global economic system works, even in more clear light than what we could see in the stock market crash that preceded and triggered the kreppa.