Category: 1000 Words

Thingvellir

  For centuries, Icelanders congregated here to administer all national government business. It’s hard to imagine anyone floating the kind of BS that fills the halls...

Strokkur

The first time I went to Iceland, I took a Golden Circle tour, as you do. The tour guide explained. Old Geysir doesn’t go up...

Cool as Sin

This one time I was in Reykjavik and Sin Fang was playing an unadvertised show in an art gallery to promote a friend’s artwork. The...

Gamli Gaukurinn

  The metal scene in Reykjavik is described as “small but active.” But the one random Saturday I was ever in the city (not for...