The Viking Festival in Hafnarfjörður is the oldest, largest and most important event of its kind in Iceland. The emphasis is on authenticity, showing the Viking culture, ships, cuisine, handcraft, storytelling, archery, games, music and battle demonstrations.

The Danish-American actor Viggo Mortensen, world famous for starring in the “Lord of the Rings" trilogy will open an exhibition of his photographs in Reykjavík Museum of Photography on May 31, entitled "Skovbo" in Danish, or “Forest People".

The ones visiting Reykjavik from 7th to 9th of February are in for a treat, since then the Winter Festival in Reykjavik will be held. This is absolutely a perfect opportunity to blend in with the locals.

A perfectly sensible question when touring Reykjavik City. Construction cranes, excavators and bulldozers are scattered around the city, not only in the suburbs, but in the city centre as well.

From 17th of November until 6th of January, Iceland's most famous troll woman, Gryla, will be living in the troll cave of the museum of Icelandic Wonders.

Icelandair will start scheduled flights to Toronto in May. Iceland Travel welcomes this new destination and will attend the Addison Travel Marketing Show in Toronto on 18.-21.February. Last year Icelandair started flying again to Halifax, so there is a strong focus on Canada.

Study Visit is defined as an educational tour or business tour, where professionals, managers, politicians, delegations and other special interest groups search for inspiration and in-depth knowledge.

We are happy to post a website with photos taken by Miguel Ángel, who is from Spain. He visited Iceland this summer and calls the island "A Country of Great Beauty".

Iceland's untouched nature is attracting more visitors every year. The convenient location of Iceland, the pureness of the country as well as its peacefulness is highly appreciated by all visitors. Iceland Travel is the forefront when it comes to serving tourists in Iceland.

For the 16th time, this fantastic work-shop and seminar is being held in Reykjavik, Iceland from 7th-10th of February 2008. If you work in the travel business, this seminar is your most accessible entry to the booming markets both sides of the Atlantic and in Iceland.

The hosts at the country-hotel, Brunnholl, are now offering unusual television material to their guests. Their son, a dairy farmer, installed 4 cameras inside the barn, so he can easily monitor the cows round the clock. An excellent idea grew from this, to extend the broadcast to all guests of the country-hotel.

Icelandair Holidays in Baltimore held their Annual Party on January 19th. Iceland Travel proudly donated 1 seat on the new tour, Northern Enlightenment to their lottery.

Did you know that in Iceland, the First Day of Winter is a special day? It's on a Saturday late in October when the leaves have already fallen off the trees, berries have been picked to make jam and farmers are slaughtering their livestock.

Although still early in spring, the goat, Perla (Pearl) had a small kid on the 6th of March. Perla lives in the Reykjavik Zoo & Family Park along with some of her family members.

Free admission to Reykjavik Art Museum is a fact as from 1st of January 2008.

The midwinter feast Thorrablot in Iceland is held at any time during the month of Thorri (meaning ca. January and February). As a tradition, Icelanders serve for dinner what was normal day-to-day food for Vikings and Icelanders until mid 20th century.

"The group was excellent and well prepared for this journey", says Ingimundur the guide and super jeep driver about the first Super Truck Expedition this winter that left on 17th of January. "The road conditions were challenging, with loads of snow and blizzards chasing us, so the group was able to experience the quality of being explorers and tourists at the same time.

Arnaldur Indriðason, one of Iceland's leading crime story writers, has published one of his thrillers in the U.S, called “Röddin” (The Voice”). Arnaldur has repeatedly proved to be the most popular writer in Iceland in recent years - topping best-seller lists year after year.

Eden, the ever-so-popular rest stop in Hveragerði, has opened again after some extended renovations. The greenhouse that is celebrating it's 50 years anniversary this year, is the number one attraction in Hveragerdi village.

Icelanders enjoy a 5-day long weekend around Easter, starting with Maundy Thursday. Chocolate Eggs in all sizes are the major part of the Easter celebration.

The seventh Food & Fun Festival will be held in Reykjavik from February 20th to 25th, 2008. The main emphasis is to expose the world to the incredible culinary skills of Icelandic and international chefs and the pure ingredients that make Icelandic cooking so fresh and flavorful.

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Learn about volkanism in general and about the history of mount Hekla in special. Magnificent view over Hekla.

The Ghost Center in Stokkseyri is a ghost museum that features all of Iceland’s most famous ghosts such as; Mountainside Ghosts, Nude appearences, Ancient Ghosts, Stableghosts etc.