17/06/2017

Happy National Day Iceland

The 17th of June Iceland is annually celebrating the national day. Iceland became indepent from Denmark 1944 and the 17th of June is the birthday of Jon Sigurdsson who fought for autonomy in the 19th century. There are festivities all … Continue reading

12/12/2016

The Yule Lads are coming

Annually before Christmas, exactly the 12th of December the Icelandic Yule Lads start to come out of their cave in the highlands where they live with her ugly and ogress mother Gryla and the lazy father Leppaludi. They are coming down from the mountains … Continue reading