Iceland culture

When you travel to a new country, learning some basic phrases in the local language is always a good idea. Although English is one of the world’s most common languages, you can’t assume that people will speak it everywhere you go. Even if locals do speak a bit of English, road signs, food menus and […]

Iceland gets a bank holiday from the first day of summer, also known as Sumardagurinn fyrsti, in the old Norse calendar made by the Vikings. The old Norse calendar only has two months, a summer month called Harpa and a winter month called þorri – each lasting six months by our current calendar – and […]

Food is always a consideration when travelling (and even when you are not) and each country has their own way of producing or importing food. If you are a person who likes to eat local then Iceland is a surprisingly good country to visit and provides a variety of choices. Iceland is not exactly known […]