Back in October we at All Iceland teamed up with our local radio station Minster FM for a fun filled competition to win a trip to the Coolest Place on Earth , Iceland! We took the Minster FM team and held a live broadcast from Reykjavík with plenty of sightseeing and adventures too! In November we held a very special event for the finalists of the competition where they took on the Ice Bucket Challenge to win that very special trip to Iceland. Our winners, Mary and Glyn have...
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It's becoming a picture perfect week in Iceland- first, our record-breaking snowfall (which now stands at 63cm deep in Borgarfjörður ), now amazing Lights are forecast! Could it get any better? This week's been particularly great for spotting the Northern Lights so far- even before last week's storms we could see amazing displays like this one captured by Sigurður William : You don't have to travel out to the countryside this week, if forecasts are correct: last...
It's snow joke- overnight at the weekend Reykjavik received a record-breaking amount of snowfall. Saturday's weather was cold, but didn't hint at just how much snow there'd be on Sunday morning as Icelanders in Reykjavik were waking up to 51cm of the stuff. This snowfall beats the last record of 48cm in February 1952. In fact, the last time there was more snow than this was when there was 55cm of snow in January 1937, 80 years ago! We love how many amazing photos there are of the...
Not long until Pancake Day- traditionally before Lent, a day to load up on all the cupboard sweet treats before staving off chocolate for 6 weeks or so. Iceland does it a little differently- with a lot more cake! Icelandic tradition states that Icelanders can enjoy good treats not for 1 day like in the UK, but 3 days - jealous yet? Here's our run-down of Iceland's answer to pancake day - maybe make sure you've eaten before reading this, you might get pretty hungry. Monday=...
The Northern Lights are an amazing phenomenon, a natural wonder of the world- and we're here to answer all of your questions about this amazing night-time light show! How are they formed? We have solar winds to thank. (Hang on in there, this is only a short science lesson - promise.) Solar winds approach Earth and cause a distortion in our magnetic field surrounding the planet. Some of these solar winds escape into our atmosphere, around the magnetic poles (hence...