Is Iceland worth visiting in winter? This is a very common question and the answer can be difficult, but the short answer is: YES. The weather can be bad – but the weather is also an experience. It changes frequently and is sometimes stormy and dark and the next minute like a winter wonderland surrounded by the northen lights. Icelanders actually have a saying: If you don't like the weather, just wait five minutes. And that is no exaggeration. Just pack well and dress well and then you're fine.
A picture is worth a thousand words, so say no more. Here we have plenty of them.
Sometimes it can be a bit snowy. Picture/Auðunn Níelsson
And sometimes it's not so snowy. Picture/Anton Brink
Skógafoss always at it's best. Picture/Getty
You can go horseback riding in the city. Picture/Anton Brink
..and skiing, just right outside of Reykjavík in Bláfjöll. Picture/Anton Brink
Children skiing in the capital of the North, Akureyri. Picture/Auðunn Níelsson
There are waterfalls all over Iceland, most of them in the South. This one is called Goðafoss. Picture/Getty
No words needed. Picture/Getty
Walking in Laugardalur is quite nice. Picture/Ernir Eyjólfsson
Sunset in Akureyri. Picture/Auðunn Níelsson
Almost magical. Picture/Auðunn Níelsson
Jökulsárlón, the Glacier Lagoon, also known as the Diamond Beach. Picture/Getty
The annual fireworks show at Jökulsárlón. It's actually in August but we just felt we had let this picture tag along. Picture/Getty
Is Iceland worth visiting in winter? This is a very common question and the answer can be difficult, but the short answer is: YES. The weather can be bad – but the weather is also an experience. It changes frequently and is sometimes stormy and dark and the next minute like a winter wonderland surrounded by the northen lights. Icelanders actually have a saying: If you don't like the weather, just wait five minutes. And that is no exaggeration. Just pack well and dress well and then you're fine.
A picture is worth a thousand words, so say no more. Here we have plenty of them.
Sometimes it can be a bit snowy. Picture/Auðunn Níelsson
And sometimes it's not so snowy. Picture/Anton Brink
Skógafoss always at it's best. Picture/Getty
You can go horseback riding in the city. Picture/Anton Brink
..and skiing, just right outside of Reykjavík in Bláfjöll. Picture/Anton Brink
Children skiing in the capital of the North, Akureyri. Picture/Auðunn Níelsson
There are waterfalls all over Iceland, most of them in the South. This one is called Goðafoss. Picture/Getty
No words needed. Picture/Getty
Walking in Laugardalur is quite nice. Picture/Ernir Eyjólfsson
Sunset in Akureyri. Picture/Auðunn Níelsson
Almost magical. Picture/Auðunn Níelsson
Jökulsárlón, the Glacier Lagoon, also known as the Diamond Beach. Picture/Getty
The annual fireworks show at Jökulsárlón. It's actually in August but we just felt we had let this picture tag along. Picture/Getty
