Culture
Konudagur; it’s Women’s day in Iceland today!
Konudagur is celebrated on the first day or the nearest Sunday, of the month of Góa, a month in the traditional Icelandic…
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Culture
Öskudagur; a day of fancy dress, singing for sweeties, and pinning bags of ash to people. Of course
Bolludagur was the first day, a day of cream filled buns, then Sprengidagur when you eat so much you feel like you might explode. Today…
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Culture
Blast Day in Iceland! Eat till you feel like you’ll explode on Sprengidagur
The day after Bun day - Bolludagur is Sprengidagur - Explosion or Blast day. On it Icelanders pretend that they haven't spent…
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Culture
Bolludagur; an Icelandic Festival where Kids Spank their Parents for Cream Buns
Choux pastry, the type used to make profiteroles, is made into little balls, sliced through the middle, filled with cream and jam…
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Travel Tips
What you must know about walking on glaciers in Iceland
Glaciers in Iceland take up 11% of our land, and almost all of our tourists want to visit them, and it is…
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Travel Tips
Keflavik Airport transfer to Reykjavik; 6 ways to not pay $200 for a taxi!
As Keflavik airport is about 50km from our beautiful capital city of Reykjavik the drive is 45 minutes on a good day.…
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