Our next stop was Lillesand, originally called Sanden. We walked around the center which is famous for its white-painted wooden houses. This little town was the first time mentioned as a port for timber shipment in the early 17th century. The center of Lillesand bustles with people in its...
We got stuck in Oslo for two days waiting for better weather. It was getting worse and the weather forecast was changing every hour. So we have decided to move to the coast. Our first stop after two boring days was Stavern. A meteorological phenomenon blesses Stavern with 200 sunny days...
After a morning walk around Saksun, we drove scenic road 54 to Tjørnuvík and then through Vágar Island to Gásadalur on scenic road 45. The village sits tucked away between lush green fields and soaring mountains to all sides, there we found beautiful waterfall Múlafossur. It was an...
We made it through a very narrow scenic road to Saksun. It is splendidly set in a natural circular amphitheater high above a tidal lagoon. It is really a wonderfully remote hillside village so we have decided to overnight here. It is well known for its tranquil atmosphere and amazing...
The weather was so bad the last two days that we just parked above the Eiði. There were low clouds with typical Faroese fog and rain. Today we got a bit better weather, so we have started our exploration of the North. Our first stop was Gjógv. It is the most northern village on the island...
On the way to narrow Lagarfjlót Lake, we took Öxi pass. It is a mountain pass at an elevation of 539 meters above the sea level, located in eastern Iceland. The road to the summit is called Axarvegur (Route 939). It’s a well-maintained gravel mountain road but narrow and steep, with...
Small gravel road twisting away from the main route between Höfn and Djúpivogur brought us to a remote Viking village in pristine condition. In reality, it is a film set for an Icelandic movie that was never filmed. Built in 2010, the set is located on the land of a local unfriendly...
Höfn is an Icelandic little fishing town in southeast Iceland. We made here a short refreshing stop before Vestrahorn. Höfn means ‘harbor’, as the town is located in one of the few natural harbors of Iceland’s South Coast; unlike the rest of the country, this stretch is flat. The town is...
The great tiny narrow road leads us to the Heinabergslón – a little known glacial lagoon in the south of Iceland. It can be found within Vatnajökull National Park, located on the South Coast. The glacial lagoon’s outlet glacier is Heinabergsjökull, itself a part of Vatnajökull. The...
The first glacial lagoon we have visited was Fjallsárlón. It is a small lagoon located on the southern end of the Vatnajökull glacier. The outlet glacier Fjallsjökull, originating from Vatnajökull, extends all the way to the lagoon’s surface, where large icebergs break away from the ice...