A Brand New Ice Cave

Something incredible just happened… we found a brand new natural ice cave inside Langjökull Glacier!

The Green Future of Tourism

Emissions and reforestation When it comes to any field of our lives, we need to be aware of our environment and the precious nature that sustains all life. It is a sad fact that environmental pollution is threatening our planet and thereby our very own existence. However, there is light in the dark. When it […]

Formula Off-Road

Mountaineers of Iceland are a proud supporter of the Icelandic formula off-road team, Guttinn Reborn.

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 […]

Icelandic colonization of Greenland and (briefly) of America

The colonization of Iceland by Norse settlers and people from the western lands, i.e. Ireland and Scottish islands, took place in the second half of the 9th century. Íslendingabók (Book of Icelanders), written by Ari the wise tells the tale of explorations by a Norse man who set out to sail to Faroe Islands just […]