Iceland Travel News

Iceland has received an informal approach from an intermediary who says NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden wants to seek asylum there, it has emerged.

A friend once told me that she'd love to go to Europe if she didn't have to fly there.

If you have flown internationally and had time to linger at the airport, no doubt you have wandered into a duty-free shop.

In July 2009, Chris Fowler and I roamed around Iceland on a quest for salmon and trout.

Tour operator Viking Tours purchased a passenger ship to commence transportation from Vestmannaeyjar to the LandeyjarhA fn port this summer.

Many of Iceland's highland roads are yet to open for traffic. After a winter of heavy snowfall and outwash, roads cannot be opened to traffic as early as in the last two years.

IR columnist Ed Hancox will release his debut, Iceland, Defrosted -not your average travel guide-globally on July 1. He describes it himself as "the story of an Englishman's obsession with the places, people and music of Iceland."

Farmers in North and East Iceland are facing severe frost damage to their farmland after a long period of harsh winter conditions.

Iceland's countryside has been featured in latimes.com as an incredible 'off the beaten path' holiday destination, which also makes for the perfect photography opportunity.

Warm, sunny summer days in Iceland's capital, Reykjavik, call for golden shoes and golden gloves, and lingering moments on the sidewalks with nothing more important to do than blow bubbles :) j/k ~ She is actually part of a trio of street performers acting up on Laugavegur, one of the oldest shopping streets in Reykjavik.

Recording underwater sounds during shallow-water scuba dives in Australia and Japan, taking in the Reykjavik Arts Festival in Iceland and exploring Ecuador's diverse landscapes all are on Daniel Miller's post-college-commencement to-do list.

Near the end of her beautifully written memoir of a year in Iceland, Sarah Moss gently chides herself for the things she's left undone.

The cruise ships MSC Magnifica and Adventure of the Seas docked in the North Iceland town of Akureyri this morning carrying a total of 5,500 tourists, plus staff.

The 2013 June-July issue of Iceland Review is out. Themed 'We Are Young' the magazine celebrates the arrival of summer by interviewing young energetic Icelanders who excel in art, sports, business and politics-and Sigmundur DavA A Gunnlaugsson, the youngest PM in the republic's history and the world's youngest ruling state leader.

Old friends are forever. For the last week, one of my dearest friends in the world has been staying with me.

During the festival people celebrate the men and women who work on fishing boats, by visiting the boats on the harbor.

Opening this book takes you on a tour of Iceland 's, food, history, culture and of course " Icelandic Handknits " by Helene Magnusson.

In the month of June, the sun hardly sets on Iceland, and summer can unfurl to longer than 20 daylight hours.

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Iceland, a country with a total population approximately a fifth the size of Manhattan, is a land of sumptuous beauty, ranging from bubbling craters and geysers so hot you don't dare go near them , to mountainous regions covered with snow year-round. Situated immediately to the east of Greenland and bordered by the Northern Sea to the north and the ... (more)