The First Day of Summer is an annual public holiday in Iceland. It is celebrated on the first Thursday after the 18th of April (19–25 April). It celebrates the start of the first summer month (Harpa) of the old Icelandic calendar. The old calendar had six months...
More than a hundred years ago, a virus epidemic broke out in Iceland, as well as elsewhere in Europe. It was named “The Spanish Flu.” The same year, 1918, a volcanic eruption began in Iceland. One of the largest volcanoes in Iceland, Katla, began erupting in November....
Newsletter January/February 2021 We hope the new year has started well for all of you. The winter has been very kind to us here at Eldhestar and in South Iceland in general. Elsewhere in the country, people have been experiencing heavy snowfall and cold weather. We...
Dear Guests, It is now close to the end of 2020. It has been one of the strangest, most difficult, and challenging years for all of us. We have had to live with limitations and different guidelines due to Covid-19. The company has had to adapt and restructure in order...
The first snow has covered the mountains around the farm and temperatures have dropped below zero. Winter has officially began in Iceland and it is the best time to enjoy snowy landscapes, late sunrises, early sunsets and Northern lights. Now when we have very few...
