My first day in Iceland this past August was clear and sunny, a vacationer’s dream. And it turned out to be a great day to squeeze in a sightseeing activity I hadn’t initially signed up to do: fly ...

Winter had arrived early at Highland Base, a new hotel perched amid Iceland’s remote central Highlands near Kerlingarfjöll – a ring of mountains between two of the country’s biggest glaciers, ...

Of the 30 volcanic systems on Iceland, four are currently active, says Magnús Tumi Gudmundsson, professor of geophysics at the University of Iceland. These magma-spewing mounds are responsible for 80 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Dobson is a full-time luxury travel writer based in Italy. It was a lesson in resilience: layering pillows against the ...

When someone asks how much a trip to Iceland costs, there are two correct answers: “as long as a piece of string” or “about a ...

The latest eruption, the sixth since December, is part of increased volcanic activity that began in 2021. By Sarah Hurtes and Claire Moses A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday, ...

More than 130 earthquakes were registered Tuesday at Iceland's large Bardarbunga volcano, a possible precursor to an eruption among the several scenarios being considered, the Icelandic meteorological ...

A volcano in Iceland erupted Saturday evening for the fourth time in three months, sending orange jets of lava into the night sky. Iceland’s Meteorological Office said the eruption opened a fissure in ...