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Helga Dís Björgúlfsdóttir

The Bishop and the Elves

The Icelandic Elves and humans aren’t always friends in Icelandic folk tales. Often they try to trick people into doing their bidding, enchanting or simply kidnapping them. Many...
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Film Locations in South Iceland

Iceland has been a popular filming location for a few years now. Most films have been shot in South Iceland, and it would make a great trip to...
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Mjaðveig Mánadóttir – The Icelandic Cinderella

The story of Cinderella exists in thousands of different versions worldwide. The protagonist is always a young woman who lives in forsaken circumstances which are suddenly changed to...
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Graffiti in Reykjavik – Suburb Edition

When you have done our two other self-walking tours of Graffiti in Reykjavik City Center and West Side Editions, you can do this part. Or you could begin...
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Dear Mother, in the pen, pen – Icelandic Child Ghost Story

There are two very famous Icelandic ghost stories that probably every Icelander knows. One is The Deacon of Myrká – which we have already shown you. The other...
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The White Cap – An Icelandic Ghost Story

Horror and ghost stories have been popular for centuries. For example, you will find stories of ghosts in the Icelandic sagas, and in religious mythology are tales of...
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The Icelandic Pledge – Be a Responsible Tourist

Icelanders are proud of their unspoiled nature and want to keep it like that for as long as possible – preferably forever! So before coming to Iceland, we...
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What should I do on a seven-day trip to Iceland?

A seven-day ring road trip to Iceland, which begins and ends in Reykjavik, is the shortest amount of time you can do it comfortably, in our opinion. It...
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Lesser-Known Facts About Iceland

You might have heard about the beer ban, the jólabókaflóð, the Northern Lights, the Midnight Sun, and the single-lane bridges. But there are probably a lot of things...
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The Tales of Búkolla

As we have already told you in the post about the Shepherd of Silfrúnarstaðir, trolls are popular in legends and fairy tales. They are usually described as very...
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