Northwestern Region

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

Hvítserkur rock

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

Hvitserkur is a basaltic rock 15 meters hight located on Vatsnes Peninsula in North-West of Iceland.

Grafarkirkja, Iceland

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

Near Glaumbær Folk Museum in Skagafjörður, there is this natural wonder outside of package tours. Stefano, who was our guide from Banaca travel agency and a good connoisseur of this island, took us to this impressive place. In addition, if it was not enough, just next to this waterfall there is a thermal pool with water at more than 40ºC to delight any seeker of secluded places away from everything.

Skagafjordur, Northern Iceland. September 2015.

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Corral on Vatnsnes

Kolufossar is an interestingly shaped waterfall at the beginning of a nice and deep canyon. It's definitely worth the short detour from the Ring Road.

Photo Tips: I like how the waterfall looks from below, within the canyon. You'll need a wideangle lens here. However, even different compositions are worth checking out, like directly up from the bridge.

Getting there: It's just about 6 km from the Ring Road on a good gravel road. Parking right next to the waterfall.

Hvítserkur is a 15 m high basalt stack along the eastern shore of the Vatnsnes peninsula, in northwest Iceland.

The rock has two holes at the base, which give it the appearance of a dragon who is drinking. The base of the stack has been reinforced with concrete to protect its foundations from the sea.

Several species of birds, such as gulls and fulmars, live on at Hvítserkur and its name (“white shirt” in Icelandic) comes from the color of the guano deposited on its rocks.

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

A beautiful church adjacent to the Glaumbaer Farm/Skagafjordur Folk Museum, located a short distance north of the Vidimyrakirkja Turf Church (north of Reykjavik and south of Akureyri, near the Ring Road). Outside is made of corrugated iron to stand up against the fierce winter wind; previous wooden versions of this church blew away during storms.

Glaumbaejarkirkja (Glaumbaer Church), Skagafjordur, Northern Iceland. September 2015.

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Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

View Large On Black Went north for the sole purpose of recording a video of this rock, for use in a TV commercial. Once again my 5D Mark II is...