Thingvellir Travel Blogs

I went on a trip to Thingvellir on a massive 4x4 bus. Here I got to climb the hills and see amazing waterfalls and ice formations (proper blog later)

I climb in the bus with the two Swedes, who are taking the rest of the day's tour with me. On the way to our next stop, our guide shares with us facts about the island and funny stories, too. - It is a law that church doors must fase East. - All water in Iceland smells of sulfur. - Iceland owes…

The site of Iceland's first parliament Althingi (in use till around 1800), nowadays the parliament is still called the same. This national park and Unesco world heritage site is actually where the American and Eurasian continental plates drift apart with a speed of around 2 cm a year. The valley is…

A week in Iceland organizing a music festival, staying in Reykjavík, but taking trips out in the wild whenever possible. A lot of pictures, as always...

My 4 month long vacation in Iceland, this place is simply the best for any Nature lover or hiker, This is an untouched wilderness.

In the year 930, the Albingi, the oldest parliamentary institutions of the world, was founded here. Here you can easily see the tectonic enviroment: North America and Europe are splitting right here!

Thingvellir, or Þingvellir in icelandic, completes our Golden Circle tour :) It is a National Park in the souteaast of Iceland. The Alþingi, one of the oldest parliamentary institutions of the world was founded there in 930. There is special tectonic and volcanic activity in this area and you c…

The Road to Geysir/Gullfoss: So I left Hotel Vik since they didn't let me in, and started my journey to the Golden Circle, which is basically 3 attractions close to Reykjavik: Geysir, Gullfoss and þingvellir (Thingvellir). I found the "big road", Miklabraut and drove towards Mosfellsbaer to get on…

Thingvellir was the site of the first Icelandic Parliament. It seems an odd choice, windswept, a bit barren, full of rocks and no civilization in sight. However, it's got a certain beauty to it, and (when you escape the other coach loads of tourists), it can be amazingly calm and quiet.Also, it h…

A brief photo tour of my March 2007 visit to Iceland.

Check out my pictures from Iceland. It is a great place to visit and very scenic...

No words can describe how wonderful Iceland is. You just have to go to Iceland and experience it all.

For about a week in July 2002 I travelled through Iceland (my 2nd visit in fact) and also made a stopover in Greenland.

great trip to this beautiful island

Dive 21. Saxon Reef (Twin Peaks)Depth 9m, bottom-time 17'. Buddy - RobVisibility 100m+Water temperature 2C My first (and probably only) dry suit dive, this one in a deep rift between the Euroasian and North American tectonic plates in Iceland. Faulty tube led to constant inflation of dry suit a…