Iceland
by Anna Brones (RSS feed) (2 days ago)
Aurora Borealis, new Nordic cuisine, ice hotels, hot springs, fjords, moose, meatballs and music? Scandinavia is at the top of the list for a lot of travelers these days. But if you can't book a ticket to the northern countries this year, Washington, D.C., might be your ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (16 days ago)
"Dramatic Aurora Borealis. Iceland - Time-Lapse of a Winter Fairytale" from Anna Possberg on Vimeo.
I stumbled upon this video of the Aurora Borealis over Iceland on Vimeo today. Packed with dramatic shots of a colorful sky meeting a serene landscape, this video will ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
"A Sublime Disruption" from Gareth Nolan on Vimeo.
Gareth Nolan shot this short film, "A Sublime Disruption," during a trip around the world he took in 2011. "This video is not about the places I visited, but merely an attempt to evoke the feeling of wonder and ...
by Jeremy Kressmann (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Few days go by here at Gadling Labs without us coming across an amazing travel video. Today's gorgeous entry, created by Vimeo user Ryan Walker Photography, takes us on a eye-popping tour through the startling natural beauty of Iceland.
Ryan's footage brings us ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
The calendar may still say 2012, and I know we all have a busy holiday season to navigate yet, but it is never too early to start planning our trips for the new year ahead. To help us out with that process, Discovery Adventures has announced a host of new tours and ...
by Jessica Festa (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
For any traveler whose bucket list includes visiting the Arctic, Aurora Expeditions is giving you a reason to cross it off in 2013: free polar bear photography workshops.
From August 5 to 18, 2013, cruise, passengers will explore the Arctic areas of Spitsbergen and ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
Adventure travel company G Adventures has announced that starting in January of next year it will begin offering options to visit 12 new countries and expand its popular Local Living tours to more destinations as well. These additions to the G Adventures catalog will provide ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
The locavore turn seems to be everywhere in evidence. An intensified interest in local food products, the rediscovery of forgotten local food traditions and creative attempts to merge various culinary heritages with modern preparation techniques all fuel this turn.
One ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
The northern lights are a natural light display that occurs in the high latitude regions of our planet. Alaska is one of the best places to see the northern lights, especially in September and March when skies are dark and temperatures mild for comfortable viewing. ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (6 months ago)
Over the last decade, Greenland has opened up to increasing numbers of tourists. The Danish territory, with new powers of political autonomy as of 2009, inspires adventurous travelers with its extreme weather and dramatic geographies. Greenland is also incredibly ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (7 months ago)
Today's Photo of the Day may seem a bit pedestrian: it's a cup of (likely) mediocre airplane coffee. But the napkin comes with a fun fact about Icelandic settler Ingólfur Arnarson, whose trip from Norway took four days, and there were no napkins. Too bad he couldn't ...
by Rachel Friedman (RSS feed) (8 months ago)
Many people's winter vacation plans understandably revolve around sand and sun and colorful cocktails sporting tiny umbrellas. But summer in the states can be just as oppressive, whether you're battling sweat-inducing humidity, malodorous public transportation, or ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (9 months ago)
Iceland's Thrihnukagigur volcano has been dormant for 4,000 years but will open up next month for escorted adventures deep within the volcano. It promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for both skilled and novice hikers.
"It's been over four decades ago since ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (9 months ago)
Today is St. Brendan's feast day. To the Irish, St. Brendan needs no introduction. For those less fortunate in their birth, let me tell you that he may have been Ireland's first adventure traveler.
Saint Brendan was an Irish holy man who lived from 484 to 577 AD. Little ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (9 months ago)
The "midnight sun" is a natural phenomenon occurring north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle when the sun never fully sets and remains visible 24 hours a day. Since there are no permanent human settlements south of the Antarctic Circle, countries ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
Travelers looking for a completely new and unique challenge will definitely want to take note of an expedition being organized by adventure travel company Secret Compass. Later this summer, the outfitter will send a small group of trekkers on one of the first commercial ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
Northern Iceland typically only makes it onto longer Iceland itineraries. The region is too far from Reykjavík for a leisurely day trip and is best experienced on an extended holiday, like a one- or two-week circular tour on Iceland's Ring Road.
About 90 ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
Akureyri is Iceland's second city. It's not Iceland's second largest city in terms of population – that honor goes to Kópavogur just south of Reyjkavík – but it is the country's second city in cultural terms. Akureyri may have just 18,000 ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (11 months ago)
Expatify.com asked the question, "Where would you be the safest if World War III broke out tomorrow?" The answers arrived in a post titled "10 Best Places to Live for Avoiding World Conflict." Irrelevant as it may seem to you, the claws of conflict affect a revolving roster ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Have you ever wished that specific places around the world had a voice of their own that could be used to tell tales, answer questions, and the like? We sort of have that now, thanks to a Tumblr user who has taken on the entirety of the voice of Iceland (Iceland on Tumblr). ...
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