#21 most popular of 51 things to do in Iceland
- "For some reason, whenever I travel to a new place, I always feel like its never complete unless I am riding on top of some 4-legged animal. I only stayed in Iceland for 4 days, but I went horseback riding
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#22 most popular of 51 things to do in Iceland
- "The Reykjavik Art Museum offers contemporary art by its locals, and has a permanent display of work by an Icelandic artist named Erro. Erro's art is striking. All of water color paintings are in bold, bright
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#23 most popular of 51 things to do in Iceland
- "The Perlan (meaning "The Pearl" in Icelandic) is one of Reykjavík's main landmarks. This strange structure is located on the highest hill in the city, Öskjuhlíð, which is about 60m above sea level. Due to its
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#24 most popular of 51 things to do in Iceland
- "The route from Reykjavik and Pingvallam was interesting but not necessarily inspirational, but our first sighting of the only Rift Valley outside of Africa was truly amazing. We made better time than we’d
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#25 most popular of 51 things to do in Iceland
- "Iceland is an island in the middle of the big Atlantic Ocean. Everything that's imported is darn expensive: however local items can be wonderful. We bought (and consumed) quantities of ice cream & cookies. Of
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#26 most popular of 51 things to do in Iceland
- "We had a beautiful bright sunny day when we sailed in the West Fjords area called Isafjordardup--that is the fjord of Isafjordur! This long, beautiful, wild fjord is the most remarkable I've ever seen. I've
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#27 most popular of 51 things to do in Iceland
- "Can you imagine a long fjord off the North Atlantic Ocean, the sides steep with high mountains that in July still have a bit of snow? Can you imagine swans swimming free on the ocean? I can. I can remember what I
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#28 most popular of 51 things to do in Iceland
- "Between 1963 and 1967 volcano watchers and experts around the world were amazed to find a new island growing out of the Northern Atlantic ocean off the coast of Iceland. We approached it on the M.V. Explorer at
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#29 most popular of 51 things to do in Iceland
- "A steady walk took us to the site of the first Icelandic "parliament." It has to be said that there is no apparent evidence at Pingvellir, so you do need to let your imagination run a little bit. The site, a
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#30 most popular of 51 things to do in Iceland
- "Although I've been around many glaciers this was the first one that I had the experience of riding to the top of a major ridge in a snowcat. We departed Hofn (pronounced hup) in a 4 wheel drive bus. The trip up
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