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It’s Beer Day in Iceland!
by Lucky Byfleet Iceland loves a festival – bun day – womens day – but one of the newest and best beloved is Beer day.
01/03/2021
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15 things you must pack for Iceland – and what to leave at home.
When you pack for Iceland you’ll probably have a look at our weather forecasts…truthfully it’s better to go by the old adage, ‘If you don’t
26/02/2021
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Konudagur! It’s women’s day in Iceland.
The word ‘Konudagur’ was first used in the 1800s, and nowadays it is celebrated in a similar way to Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day, with people taking time to appreciate the women in their lives. Often they will be brought flowers, cooked dinner, and generally pampered.
21/02/2021
Öskudagur; it’s not ‘Icelandic Halloween’. It’s better.
by Lucky Byfleet On Monday we had Bolludagur, when kids spank their parents to get delicious cream filled buns. Then, on Tuesday, the last day
17/02/2021
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Sprengidagur – Explosion Day in Iceland!
by Lucky Byfleet Have you ever eaten so much you feel as though you might pop? Icelanders do, on the day after Bolludagur they have
16/02/2021
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Kids Spank their Parents for Cream Buns on Bolludagur in Iceland!
You can buy buns from every bakery in the country, but the traditional way is to earn it. Children have a small stick with coloured paper on the end – called a bolluvöndur – and they spank their parents with it whilst shouting “Bolla! bolla! bolla!” Which means “Buns! Buns! Buns!”
12/02/2021
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Where Can I See Erupting Volcanoes in Iceland?
Without volcanoes, Iceland simply wouldn’t exist, and even our nickname, the land of Ice and Fire, is a nod to them and the glaciers which take up just over 10% of land in the middle of the North Atlantic. Because of them, our island continues to grow 2 to 3 cm every year, the lava pushing its way up through the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a fault line between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. In fact, since the middle ages, a third of the lava that has covered the Earth’s surface has been here in Iceland!
20/01/2021
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6 ways to avoid paying $200 for an airport transfer in Iceland
Our international airport – Keflavik is 50km from Reykjavik the drive is 45 minutes on a good day. So an airport transfer in a taxi that can cost you $200 that you could spend whale watching or gazing at the northern lights with us.
15/01/2021
Island Explorer Diary
Thorrablot; a feast of ram’s testicles, sheep face, and fermented shark.
During Thorrablot we eat a lot of meat, preserved in traditional ways, and using all the parts of the animal, and we mean all of them. Sour ram’s testicles are definitely a thing here, you can buy them in the local supermarket even!
09/01/2021
