Alexx & Jack Iceland Travel Look-Book

We at Mountaineers of Iceland had the chance to meet and travel with two very inspiring travel creators and would like to share the Alexx & Jack Iceland Travel Look-Book. Alexx and Jack are two friends from the opposite sides of the world, Alexx from New Zealand, Jack from the UK, who met while working […]

Old traditional festivities

Next week we have festivities here in Iceland from Monday – Wednesday. It is an old tradition in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. However, it happens to have different shapes and forms within each country. In Iceland these festivities are for three days in a row and their common features are that […]

The Icelandic Version of Religious Tolerance

During the 9th and 10th Centuries, Iceland was settled by Norse people.

8 Icelandic phrases to learn

Icelandic is one of the Nordic languages and most closely resembles Faroese even though it also has some strong similarities to Norwegian and Danish. Icelanders make a great deal of keeping the language intact even though words such as LOL and OMG may have slipped in. And remarkably, the Icelandic spoken today has not changed much from […]