by Iceland Unwrapped by Helgastina | Jul 17, 2020 | Blogs
Oh well. My home country Iceland continues to amaze me and perhaps it is quite extraordinary how it somehow manages to stay in the discussion as one of the most important places to visit in the world. In the past months we have been experiencing an extraordinary...
by Iceland Unwrapped by Helgastina | May 23, 2020 | Blogs
I have been working for and with fantastic people for many years now who all have had in common the dream to visit my home country of Iceland. People are different and have different needs. Some people love exploring cities, street art, restaurants, cafés, museums,...
by Iceland Unwrapped by Helgastina | May 15, 2020 | Blogs
This week, Iceland’s prime minister,, Katrin Jakobsdottir, announced that the island nation will be accepting visitors from 15 June, setting up an unusual tourist season at a time when much of the world is slowly emerging from lockdown. With Covid-19 nearly...
by Iceland Unwrapped by Helgastina | Apr 28, 2020 | Blogs
This nation of mine has managed to surprise me through the years. Let me take a couple of examples. Cod wars – Iceland has fought a few wars. The Cod wars against the Brits. We won. Here are some more information on the subject. The economical crisis in 2008...
by Iceland Unwrapped by Helgastina | Apr 23, 2020 | Blogs
“Never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” (Rahm Emanuel). I know many of us are wondering “where to next”? How is travelling going to look like?...
by Iceland Unwrapped by Helgastina | Apr 15, 2020 | Blogs
Today is the birthday of one of my biggest role model in life. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, who served as president of Iceland from 1980 to 1996. Vigdís ís 90 years old today. When Vigdís became president I was 8 years old. I was staying on the country side with my mother...
