Rye bread is reasonably sweet bread and dark brown. In some places in Iceland, it is cooked by digging a hole into the ground (where there’s geothermal heat)....Read More
It is impossible not to notice all the corrugated iron-clad houses when travelling in Iceland. This uniquely Icelandic architectural feature caught on here because it is an excellent...Read More
Icelanders still use a few month names from the Old Icelandic Calendar, especially þorri, góa, and harpa. The first days of those months are the husband’s day, the...Read More
In centuries past, the average Icelander seldom saw wheat to bake bread. Wheat was an imported good, and rarely so; only the wealthiest families had access to this...Read More
