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 | Feb 7, 2020 | Blogs
With only 350,000 human residents, some people think Iceland lacks a diversity of opinion. But at Iceland Unwrapped, we have what it takes to seek out local expertise where it can be found. For a thoroughly different perspective, we interviewed Hrútur Ærson,...
by Iceland Unwrapped by Helgastina | Jan 3, 2020 | Blogs
“That´s over and done with” is something an old friend of mine sometimes said about both good and bad things and events in his life. But is traveling something you should just get over and done with, to tick a box, to show off on social media? Is it time...
by Iceland Unwrapped by Helgastina | Oct 1, 2019 | Blogs
It feels quite incredible that four years have passed since I founded what is now called Iceland Unwrapped, my Iceland travel planning business. Iceland Unwrapped offers unique travel experiences based on a personal approach, deep knowledge of the country‘s hidden...