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Icelandic Lamb Experience Articles about Dining

…these long-standing traditions where all sheep- and lamb farms are small family-owned businesses. Pure Icelandic pastures create pure Icelandic Lamb Iceland is one of the world’s youngest land masses, surrounded…

Traditional Icelandic Food Articles about Dining

…made from Icelandic sheep are blood and liver pudding, singed sheep heads, smoked lamb and ram testicles! If you would like to taste some of these special treats, try Café…

Blönduós Swimming Pool Tours & Activities

Blönduós Swimming Pool is 25 meters (82′) with two hot tubs, cold tub, steam bath, childrens pool, two big water slides and toys. It’s one of the most stunning swimming…

Lava Show Culture

Lava Show is the only place in the world where you can experience flowing lava–live. In this award-winning show, real lava is superheated before being poured safely into a trench…

Þrír Frakkar hjá Úlfari Dining

Cosy little family run restaurant since 1989. Close to center. Fishfare is our speciality , but also serving Lamb, Whale, Horse. Puffin and Guillemot…

Eyrarbakki Towns & Places

Eyrarbakki’s heyday might be long gone, but the village is graced with beautifully-preserved buildings from 1890-1920, offering a glimpse into the past. The town has two museums, the Maritime Museum…

Skálholt Towns & Places

Skálholtsstaður is one of the most historic places in Iceland. It was the capital of the country for about 750 years and is one of the most significant cultural sites…

Europcar Driving in Iceland

Our main goal, as it always has been, is to fulfill the needs and expectations of each and every one of our customers and to provide them with the best…

Europcar, Húsavík Driving in Iceland

Our main goal, as it always has been, is to fulfill the needs and expectations of each and every one of our customers and to provide them with the best…

Public Holidays in Iceland Information about Iceland

January 1, New Year’s Day A day to relax after the festivities of New Year’s Eve. Almost everything is closed. Easter Holy Thursday marks the start of the Easter holidays…

Blue Lagoon Tours & Activities

Due to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes in the vicinity, please check first if it is open! Experience the tranquility of our unique, geothermal seawater. Stay at our hotels designed for…

Lava Show (Vík) Culture

Lava Show is the only place in the world where you can experience flowing lava–live. In this award-winning show, real lava is superheated before being poured safely into a trench…

Secret Lagoon Tours & Activities

The Secret Lagoon is at Hverahólmi, the geothermal area near Flúðir. It was made in 1891 and is the oldest swimming pool in Iceland. In the year 1909 the first…

Geosea Tours & Activities

Unique geothermal sea-baths in Húsavík, North-Iceland. A place of natural tranquility and a rejuvenating experience for body and soul. It is not only a world-class geothermal bathing mecca — Geosea…

Hoffell, geothermal baths Tours & Activities

Hoffell geothermal baths are in a beautiful area enveloped by mountains and glaciers. Hoffell is north of the Town Höfn in Hornarfjörður, by road No. 984. A visit to the…

Vaðlaheiðargöng (Vadlaheidi Tunnel) Driving in Iceland

Vaðlaheiðargöng – Vadlaheidi Tunnel is 7,5 km (4,7 miles) long and shortens the Ring Road by 16 km (10 miles). It also bypasses the Víkurskarð Mountain Road, a hazard for…

Forest Lagoon Tours & Activities

Forest Lagoon is a new geothermal spa located in Vaðlaskógur forest, couple minutes’ car drive from Akureyri. Akureyri is known locally in Iceland as the “Capital of the North” and…

Vök Baths Tours & Activities

Iceland’s only floating infinity pools Experience the age-old Icelandic tradition of bathing in a natural geothermal pool. Vök Baths is located on the bank of Urriðavatn lake, only a few…

Fjallabyggð Towns & Places

The municipality of Fjallabyggð came into being as an administrative unit when the community of Ólafsfjörður community and the municipality of Siglufjörður were merged in 2006. The population of Fjallabyggð…

Laugarvatn Fontana Tours & Activities

Laugarvatn Fontana Geothermal Baths is located in the center of the most popular tourist route in Iceland, the Golden Circle. A unique experience of the healing powers of the geothermal…

Vigur Towns & Places

A visit to the little island of Vigur is like an adventure where the smallest post office in Iceland and the only corn mill in the country exist. There is…

Settlement Centre – Restaurant Dining

…quality food at reasonable prices. Our menu features a tempting range of traditional Icelandic dishes, such as mashed fish, lamb, fresh fish, mussels and lobster tails. We also offer pasta…

Dining Dining

…available, such as Icelandic mountain lamb, freshly-caught fish or newly-picked herbs, our chefs can create anything from a simple traditional dish to a masterpiece on a plate. Most restaurants also…

Akureyri Towns & Places

…town centre is the Akureyri church with its two towers and daunting steps rising above the town. The view from the church makes the climb worthwhile. The high mountains around…

Skólabrú Dining

Situated next to the Icelandic parliament in a charming old building. Specializes in Icelandic and international cuisine. Offers a variety of Icelandic lamb and seafood courses among other delicious dishes.

Casual Dining Dining

…produce is the main ingredient for dishes offered in casual dining restaurants and the use of Icelandic lamb and fish is the hallmark of any excellent restaurant in this category….

Festivals in Iceland Information about Iceland

…Fishermen’s Day (F) All over Iceland Second weekend of June The Lamb Chop Festival (M, F) Selfoss (S) June 17 National Day (C, F, M) All over Iceland Third weekend…

Local Food and Gourmet Articles about Dining

…organic food, this is a great way to go about it. The delicious Icelandic lamb is simply a must for any meat lover, and the fresh local organic vegetables are…

Historical Facts about Iceland Historical Facts about Iceland

…brought to Iceland for the first time. 1750 Two daredevils climb to the top of Mountain Hekla, which, at that time, was believed to be the gateway to hell. 1703…