About Icelandic Travel Tips
Hæ, and welcome.
This blog exists because I got tired of reading travel advice about Iceland that was clearly written by people who had never been here — or who came for three days and now write authoritatively about a country with 11,000 km of coastline and weather systems that change every fifteen minutes.
I'm a local Icelander. I've spent my life driving these roads, hiking these trails, eating this food, and watching the tourism boom transform my country. Some of that change has been good. Some of it has been less good. Mostly, I want visitors to have a real, honest experience here — to find the hot pots that locals actually use, to know which lookout points are worth the detour, to understand why the pylsa is the way it is, and to avoid the surprise parking fines that make people fly home angry.
What you'll find here
- Practical guides written from a local perspective
- Real recommendations — not sponsor placement dressed up as advice
- Honest assessments of tourist sites: what's worth it, what isn't, what's overrated
- Hidden spots that aren't on every TikTok itinerary
What you won't find
- Articles like "10 Things You MUST See in Iceland!"
- Affiliate links presented as personal favorites without disclosure
- Pretending the weather is always perfect
How the site is funded
Some posts contain affiliate links — meaning if you book a tour or rent a car through one of them, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. That's how the site stays free and ad-light. I only ever link to services I'd genuinely recommend. There is also some display advertising. See the privacy policy for what gets tracked.
Got a question, or spotted something wrong?
Things change in Iceland — opening hours, road conditions, parking systems, you name it. If you find something out of date or just plain wrong on the site, please tell me. Email icelandictraveltips@gmail.com.
Takk for being here.