February 7, 2026Stykkishólmur is the largest town on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula and one of the few places there that deserves to be…
February 7, 2026Reykholt was the home and political base of Snorri Sturluson, the chieftain, poet and scholar associated with *Snorra Edda* and…
February 7, 2026Borgarnes is a service and industry town on a low peninsula in Borgarfjörður. Its old coastal quarter, the Settlement Center,…
February 7, 2026Búðardalur stands at the head of Hvammsfjörður in Dalir, where a modern service town occupies a landscape already named in…
February 7, 2026Deildartunguhver is Europe’s highest-flow hot spring, releasing approximately 180 litres of near-boiling water every second into a compact field of…
February 2, 2026Dagverðará is an abandoned farm on the southern side of Snæfellsnes, remembered above all through Þórður Halldórsson from Dagverðará —…
September 24, 2025Barnafoss is a turbulent waterfall in Borgarfjörður, where the river Hvítá is compressed into a narrow channel cut through the…
September 16, 2025Hraunsfjörður is a narrow fjord on the north side of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, shaped dramatically by Berserkjahraun. About 4,000 years…
May 30, 2024Djúpalónssandur is a black pebble beach at the western tip of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, known for the smooth Djúpalónsperlur, four…
May 30, 2024Dritvík was once one of Iceland’s largest seasonal fishing stations. At its busiest, around 40–60 boats and perhaps 200–600 people…