by Iceland Unwrapped by Helgastina | Feb 22, 2022 | Blogs
A season-by-season guide to planning an Iceland trip Iceland may be a small country with only 330,000 residents. But the combination of high tourist numbers, predicted in 2022 and a difficult-to-navigate language makes local knowledge a valuable resource for a visitor...
by Iceland Unwrapped by Helgastina | Nov 24, 2021 | Blogs
Tourism in Iceland has roared back from it’s Covid-era abyss. That means pressure on the country’s relatively tight accommodation supply is again an issue, particularly at the upper end of the accommodation spectrum. But the ever-innovative Icelanders are putting...
by Iceland Unwrapped by Helgastina | Nov 17, 2021 | Blogs
In Iceland we have two kinds of floods. We have normal floods when glacier rivers flood because of unease and geothermal activities under glaciers. This is something the Icelanders are used to being aware of and manage reactions very professionally. The other type of...
by Iceland Unwrapped by Helgastina | May 8, 2021 | Blogs
“Yes it’s pretty crazy. It smells like a big bonfire with some sulfur added to it. Very warm indeed, and so windy that the coffee blew from my coffee cup. A bit of a cough, but we are still alive. The hike was two hours up about three mountains”....
by Iceland Unwrapped by Helgastina | Apr 7, 2021 | Blogs
You want to come to Iceland when you can travel again? New flights open up possibilities – but you will need a local to navigate. Despite a flareup of COVID in recent days, Iceland has had a relatively charmed ride through the Pandemic – and the island...
