2021-03-05 14:27
A few words about the book Believe It and why believing in yourself is the best you can do for your business
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I heart ReykjavÃk is a one person travel blog dedicated to helping you realize ReykjavÃk and Iceland are awsome - one post at a time!
2020-12-07 22:14
Learn about our whacky Icelandic Christmas tradition while supporting a good cause.
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2020-08-10 14:50
An important announcement Read More
2020-07-13 16:41
The one where I make an argument for why you should visit Iceland's most sparsely populated area Read More
2020-05-28 13:40
People are always asking me about the best places to see puffins in Iceland so I decided to share some of my favorite spots Read More
2020-05-15 11:58
A great app to help you find amazing hikes all around Iceland Read More
2020-05-11 16:52
A glass-half-full kind of COVID update. Plus photos from the beautiful Snæfellsnes peninsula Read More
2020-04-06 21:32
2020-03-27 21:20
Like everyone else in the world right now, I’ve spent the last 4 weeks desperately trying to process everything that is going on. I'm not sure that I have yet Read More
2020-02-18 11:18
We're all about minimizing confusion so in this post I go through literally everything I could think of that you need to know about your pickup for day tours out of Reykjavík. With a… Read More
2020-01-21 15:43
My newest food obsession is to find the best veggie burger in Reykjavík. Check out the standings so far Read More
2019-12-04 13:56
My expectations were high for this 2-day tour of the south coast but I was still surprised just how much I enjoyed it Read More
2019-11-21 10:02
An attempt to explain the Icelandic cultural phenomena of sewing clubs Read More
2019-11-07 12:55
Everything you need to know about driving through the Vaðlaheiðargöng tunnel toll road in North Iceland including how much it costs, how to pay and how to avoid it altogether Read More
2019-11-06 11:12
My honest review of one of Reykjavík's newest attraction, Flyover Iceland, after I unexpectedly experienced it twice Read More
2019-10-31 11:05
Add this easy (to moderate) hike to your self-drive Golden Circle adventure. The post includes maps, info about how to get there and some practical advice about hiking this trail in any seas… Read More
2019-10-17 16:15
Reykjavík, like many cities around the world, has embraced food halls much to the enjoyment of locals and visitors alike. Check out this list of three Reykjavík Food Halls to p… Read More
2019-10-14 12:43
An in-depth guide to what you need to consider for a winter camper trip around Iceland. Includes maps, packing list and winter-specific recommendations Read More
2019-10-09 09:00
Let's face it, trying to see the Northern Lights is kind of like playing the lottery - there are no guarantees. Thankfully the chances are better than with the lottery but if you draw the sh… Read More
2019-10-07 13:17
This post contains affiliate links If you’re not familiar with affiliate links, it basically just means that if you click the link and make a purchase on the website it takes you t… Read More
2019-09-18 14:52
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2019-09-11 17:41
I’ve said it many times on this blog before and I’ll say it again: You are not doing Iceland “wrong” if you don’t go to the Blue Lagoon. Love it or hat… Read More
2019-09-09 11:29
Hrannar and I spent the last three weeks doing some work around our apartment. Two years ago (two weeks before our wedding, to be exact) we had flooding in our apartment… Read More
2019-08-30 00:07
If you’re a frequent flyer on the blog (see what I did there – frequent flyer – because it’s a travel blog), you may notice that things look a li… Read More
2019-07-29 13:39
I think I’ve mentioned before here on the blog that Icelanders have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the Blue Lagoon. I believe what the locals dislike the most about it is the… Read More
2019-07-13 11:34
If you’re an Icelandic news junkie (you know who you are!) you may have seen news of the two beluga whales – Little White and Little Grey – that were transported from a Ch… Read More
2019-07-13 11:34
If you’re an Icelandic news junkie (you know who you are!) you may have seen news of the two beluga whales – Little White and Little Grey – that were transported from a Chi… Read More
2019-06-03 17:37
Renting a car is a fun way to travel and discover new places but one of the headaches of such travel is parking. My husband and I have done big road trips around the US and parts of Europe… Read More
2019-05-28 09:43
On a particularly beautiful day back in March, I decided (as I sat by the window of our home office trying to concentrate on work without much success) that I needed to go out and do someth… Read More
2019-05-23 09:27
Photo borrowed from Berlín’s Facebook page
Akureyri is sometimes dubbed the capital of the north and it’s the only settlement outside of Reykjavík and its surroundi… Read More
2019-05-17 10:31
When my family and I were planning our family holiday in Southern Europe recently, I realized that we have very different approaches to travel planning. Although I’m not an obsessive… Read More
2019-05-09 09:16
For the last few years, the ice cave tours in Iceland have been insanely popular, and people go to great lengths to include them in their Iceland itineraries. Too great lengths sometimes, i… Read More
2019-05-05 12:50
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Lately, when people ask me about rental car recommendations (which actually happens quite frequently) I’v… Read More
2019-04-30 13:00
When my husband and I travel outside of Iceland, we usually realize how good we have it here in Reykjavík when it comes to parking. There’s usually plenty of street parking ava… Read More
2019-04-28 09:40
As I promised in my Ultimate Iceland Self-Drive Guide, I have decided to share some self-drive itineraries I’ve made in the past that you can use to plan your own self-drive adventures… Read More
2019-04-27 21:14
I’m often contacted by worried travelers that have read that supermarkets are scarce and difficult to find in Iceland The truth is that there are a lot of supermarkets spread around th… Read More
2019-04-26 15:28
If you have met me in real life this may not come as a surprise to you but I am what the world has decided to call plus size. I’ve always been a bit bigger, not just weight wise but I… Read More
2019-04-17 20:37
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A few years ago I made a deal with Budget Car Rental and they agreed to offer my readers an exclusive dis… Read More
2019-04-10 11:15
If you’ve been planning your Iceland self-drive adventure for a while now, you’ve probably encountered a lot of contradicting information about whether the conditions and weathe… Read More
2019-03-12 09:45
Every now and again, as someone who runs their own travel company and sells all kinds of tours, I have to deal with people who have encountered problems during their stay in Iceland.
Someti… Read More
2019-03-04 20:27
A couple of weeks ago, I was given the chance to try out a new 3-day minibus tour to the north of Iceland with one of our partners. When our partner first announced last year that they were… Read More
2019-01-20 09:30
It’s January. We have snow outside and a couple of days ago I almost froze my (not so) little bottom off walking in the middle of nowhere to see some waterfall. The thermometer in the… Read More
2018-12-12 11:14
A lot of the people who read this blog come from countries and cities where Uber and/or Lyft have been established as the preferred form of transportation. Although I’ve only used Ube… Read More
2018-11-16 10:37
Image borrowed from the Hertex Facbook Page
Hello everyone. I’m Auður and I have a problem. I’m obsessed with home decor and I think I need some help.
… “Hi Au&e&hell…Read More
2018-11-14 15:13
I’m writing this post from my living room. I’m wearing what my husband calls my smartypants outfit which is basically the clothes that you love to wear at home but would never b… Read More
2018-10-30 13:15
My family and I try to do our part for the environment. We drive a hybrid car (we couldn’t go full electric due to logistic reasons) but try to take the bus or walk when we can (… Read More
2018-10-26 13:08
By now you should know how things work over here: If I get asked a question often enough it will end up as a blog post sooner or later. Mostly because it’s obvious that people are loo… Read More
2018-10-15 13:59
As the leaves start falling off the trees and the days become shorter again, the number of questions about the northern lights in our e-mail inbox grows exponentially. I guess northern ligh… Read More
2018-09-12 18:17
I am not great at selling myself. I think it has a lot to do with how I was raised. I cringe when people and companies declare they’re the biggest or the best at something, not becaus… Read More
2018-08-23 16:09
I have a confession to make. Until one of his writers contacted me and asked if he could join my walking tour to review it for an upcoming guidebook he was writing, I had no idea who Rick S… Read More
2018-08-19 13:33
Many Icelanders have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the Blue Lagoon. The locals find it very touristy and it’s quite expensive – especially in comparison to the local ge… Read More
2018-08-16 11:23
…what to see and what to miss in Iceland
A lot of people find planning their trip to Iceland overwhelming. There’s so much information about what to see and do all over the int… Read More
2018-08-10 13:25
Today’s post is not going to be long. Nor is it going to be groundbreaking. I just discovered a neat little feature on the Keflavík Airport’s website that I want to tell y… Read More
2018-06-13 17:48
If you’re arriving in Iceland in the next few days or if you’re already here and plan to stay for a while, you may have heard once or twice (or about a million times) that Icel… Read More
2018-06-08 10:35
Throughout the years I haven’t written much about restaurants in Reykjavík here on the blog and although it may seem like a strange oversight on my part it’s actually quit… Read More
2018-04-12 13:36
I’ve been meaning to visit the glacier exhibition in Perlan Museum ever since it opened last year but somehow I had never found the time until recently when the husband and had some ti… Read More
2018-04-11 12:45
At the moment I am obsessed with food. It may be because I’m trying to eat better which means I need to deny myself of certain things more than I’ve done in the past or it may al… Read More
2018-04-03 13:12
Visitors in Iceland often wonder how locals can live here since everything seems so expensive. They also ponder about where we shop for groceries without having to pay the white of our eye… Read More
2018-03-10 15:17
The year is 2018. A woman in her thirties lies flat on the floor in her apartment surrounded with moving boxes, scrap material and dust. She’s not moving anywhere. She’s just be… Read More
2018-02-26 21:41
Recently, I gave my followers on Instagram a chance to share their ideas for topics I could cover here on the blog and one of the suggestions I got was a post dedicated to travelers with di… Read More
2018-02-13 13:11
Disclaimer: Due to the current blogging climate and the whole discussion about influencer marketing I feel I need to inform you that this post is not sponsored by IKEA nor is it written in c… Read More
2018-01-04 12:05
I know it’s a bit of a cliché to start the first post the year by asking whether you can believe it’s this year or that already but man, can you believe it’s 2018 al… Read More
2018-01-04 12:05
I know it’s a bit of a cliché to start the first post the year by asking whether you can believe it’s this year or that already but man, can you believe it’s 2018 al… Read More
2017-12-11 10:27
Recent years have been good for the Icelandic film industry. Everyone has really stepped up their game when it comes to quality and entertainment value and we’ve seen some great movies… Read More
2017-12-10 15:03
As I’ve mentioned once or twice (might be slightly obsessed) I am a big fan of Christmas. It’s not so much the holiday itself that I love but preparation part and the fact that i… Read More
2017-11-12 11:26
Much to my family’s dismay, I have found the Christmas spirit (even though it’s only the middle of November and a few years ago I’d say bah humbug if anyone mentioned the h… Read More
2017-11-07 11:00
Sometimes when you’re abroad and hungry, you just want something that’s familiar and that you know that is hard to mess up so horribly that you can’t eat it. In those cases… Read More
2017-11-01 12:03
One night in January this year, Sarah and I decided to join the Taste the Saga beer tour at Ölgerðin brewery in the name of research. She wanted to include it in a piece she was pr… Read More
2017-10-30 12:53
If you have been reading my blog for a while you know I’m all about keeping my guests and readers save. Sometimes I feel like the nagging mom that sucks the joy out of everything fun… Read More
2017-10-15 10:07
As you may or may not know, Hrannar and I got married this summer. He proposed on New Years Eve and because I am the most impatient person in the world we were married about 6 months later… Read More
2017-10-12 12:12
Image borrowed from the Hlemmur Mathöll Facebook page
I was born and raised in 105 Reykjavík, a postcode used for what was once called the Eastside of Reykjavík or Austurb… Read More
2017-10-10 13:20
We get a lot of questions about the best way to get from Keflavík Airport to Reykjavík (or vice versa) and like with so many questions we get there’s no one right answer… Read More
2017-08-22 10:12
Quick facts about the weather and daylight in September
Average temperature: 8,02°C / 46.44°F
Average hours of sunlight: 118.14
Average of lowest and highest recorded tem… Read More
2017-08-21 12:50
Ahhh – the northern lights. Or the Aurora Borealis, which I think is a more enigmatic name for them. This collision between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the… Read More
2017-07-14 10:12
Like so often when I write one of these Quick Q&A posts, today’s topic is inspired by a question that pops up in my e-mail inbox quite regularly. The e-mail usually starts with th… Read More
2017-07-13 09:48
Last weekend, the husband and I (still can’t get used to calling him that) were invited by the owner of Búrið cheese shop to attend one of her Cheese School workshops. I so… Read More
2017-07-12 13:49
I’m a bit unlucky when I travel so every time I check-in my luggage I feel like I’m playing some sort of baggage Russian Roulette: Will I get my luggage back when I land or not?… Read More
2017-06-28 10:32
One of the things we do here at I Heart Reykjavík is helping our guests maximize their stay in Iceland, whether they want to make the most of their limited time or stretch their budg… Read More
2017-06-27 11:38
My style of traveling typically involves setting aside 10% of my time for scheduled activities and then saving the rest for getting lost. (With a GPS in my pocket of course- I don’t li… Read More
2017-06-26 11:27
I’m always telling people that there is more to Iceland than the Blue Lagoon and the Golden Circle but when you work in tourism in Iceland, where people are constantly asking you about… Read More
2017-06-22 12:04
As you may have noticed here on the blog, I’ve never been a big fan of campers in Iceland. It’s not that I was against campers per say, it was just the very specific and often h… Read More
2017-05-24 14:05
If you have booked a tour with a pickup from Reykjavík this summer, or if you’ve been reading the English language news sites here in the Iceland for the last few weeks, you ma… Read More
2017-05-16 11:02
I received strict directions before arriving in Reykjavík from a family friend who’d just visited Iceland—“don’t call the Icelandic horse a pony.” Noted… Read More
2017-05-15 13:48
I don’t know about you but I have this ability to watch certain movies over and over again and never get bored. I’m not as bad as the princess, who basically chose 10 movies some… Read More
2017-05-01 13:01
I like to think of myself as trendy. In reality, it is probably only me thinking this. Regardless, to fulfill this self-prophecy, I am always seeking out up and coming spots to hang out. I… Read More
2017-04-30 17:07
Now that summer has arrived (according to the calendar – not the weather), more and more of you are going to be traveling around Iceland in rented vehicles. Figuring out who to rent w… Read More
2017-04-28 14:07
As you may or may not know – I got engaged on New Year’s Eve.
It’s been a tradition in our home that the boyfriend gives me a small gift on the morning of December 31s… Read More
2017-04-16 10:17
Attention travelers, I am now a certified lava cave explorer. Having received the opportunity to explore Leiðarendi Cave for a second time, this go-around with Icelandic Mountain Guides… Read More
2017-04-08 16:37
Falling ill on a holiday is no one’s idea of a good time. When I went to South-East Asia I had been planning my adventure for a long time and was obviously very much looking forward to… Read More
2017-04-01 12:10
Making new friends can be scary. I blame it on the awkward years of middle school that made us so afraid of rejection. Before I left for my first solo travel experience, I had visions of m… Read More
2017-03-27 15:29
The other day I was sitting down for a drink with someone and within the first ten minutes they said to me “let me guess, you do yoga.” I don’t get it. Do I dress like a h… Read More
2017-03-23 14:09
A couple of weeks ago I was invited (as a travel business owner, not as a blogger) by Visit North Iceland on a trip around the surrounding areas of Akureyri. The aim of this trip was to intr… Read More
2017-03-21 12:48
Often times traveling and vegetarianism don’t mesh well. I spent four months living in Spain and fueled myself with red wine and iceberg lettuce. After having dipped in and out of per… Read More
2017-03-15 14:19
Today’s subject is one of those hot potato subjects I know better than write about but somehow feel a strong urge to address none the less. What sparked this post is both concerns peo… Read More
2017-02-20 14:59
When I boasted to my parents that I was going on a lava caving and snorkeling tour in Iceland, my dad’s first reaction was Sarah, can you even swim? Yes, I am infamous for hating water… Read More
2017-02-15 14:09
Everyone has that friend who loves to wake up at the crack of dawn on vacation and get their daily workout in while the rest of us eat pancakes back at the hotel. Or maybe that is you. If s… Read More
2017-02-14 10:41
A few years ago I was at a function with someone who owns and runs accommodation in Grundarfjörður who started telling me about strange things that were happening in the sea outsid… Read More
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2017-02-13 13:18
Sometimes I feel like I should have studied meteorology. Or that I should have weather-specific psychic powers like Mean Girl Karen Smith who had a “fifth sense” about these… Read More
2017-02-03 14:29
Great news fellow broke travelers! Happy hour is almost as common as seeing a tall, attractive Icelandic man in Reykjavík. Download the app “Appy Hour”(Google Play –… Read More
2017-02-01 10:21
Quick facts about the weather and daylight in June
Average temperature: 9.43°C / 48.97°FAverage hours of sunlight: 177.80Average of lowest and highest recorded temperatur… Read More
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