Tourism in Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands is at the forefront of the new global appetite for more adventurous travel. As a result, all travel industry insiders should consider a trip to Copenhagen this 16 and 17 September to the Vestnorden Travel Mart. » Read more: Tourist industry invited to Iceland and West Nordic expo
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Tourist industry invited to Iceland and West Nordic expo
August 20th, 2009Autumn colours make perfect Iceland vacation backdrop
August 18th, 2009
If you are someone usually put off by autumn’s message of looming winter to follow, an autumnal visit to Iceland will change your mind and leave you captivated by autumn’s sheer beauty. So what about winter approaching anyway? It has its charm too, after all!
Choose your clothing carefully and autumn can be a great time of year to get outdoors in Iceland without getting too cold or crowded out by summer tourists. And autumn is the time when nature is at her most colourful. In autumn the red and gold leaves are interspersed with mushrooms and an abundance of tasty berries used by locals to sweeten up daily life for centuries. » Read more: Autumn colours make perfect Iceland vacation backdrop
Reykjavik Gay Pride a great success
August 13th, 2009
Gay Pride has been an increasingly popular festival in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, for the past eleven years. The 2009 event took place this past weekend – but although there are twelve months to wait until the next party, gay rights in Iceland remain at the fore all year round.
Some 80,000 residents and visitors flocked to Reykjavik city centre on Saturday for the eleventh annual Reykjavik Gay Pride parade and the following outdoor concert with Pall Oskar, probably Iceland’s biggest pop star. » Read more: Reykjavik Gay Pride a great success
Enlivening Iceland on Culture Night
August 12th, 2009
Reykjavik Culture Night is a massive and inclusive event which takes place late each August in Iceland’s capital city. But as the party lasts all day and all night, there are plenty of people who wonder at the accuracy of the name Culture Night, or Menningarnott in Icelandic.
Tradition dictates that Culture Night should always be on a Saturday. If you’re planning to visit Iceland, you might be interested to know that it falls on the 22 August this year. Culture Night is officially a celebration of the anniversary of the City of Reykjavik and has evolved into a massive cultural event with more to do than can ever be done (excuse the irrelevant Lion King quote). » Read more: Enlivening Iceland on Culture Night
