The Wandering Scot

An occasional travel journal

Reykjavik

Reykjavik: Hallgrimskirkja

Reykjavik Food

Reykjavik: National Museum

Reykjavik: Settlement Exhibition

In situ hall foundations from the earliest settlement times.

Reykjavik: Puffin Cuise

Reykjavik Maritime Museum

An unexpectedly interesting small museum.

Leiðarendi Lava Tubes

A fascinating Lava Tube Tour, with Damian and Premmi of G Spot Iceland

Reykjanes Peninsula

This was a continuation of the Lava Tube Tour, with Damian and Premmi.
Boiling eggs in a Hot Spring (5 MB, 3 sec)

Hellisheiði Geothermal Power Station

Þríhnúkagígur - Inside the Volcano

A trip inside the magma chamber of Þríhnúkagígur (Thrihnukagigur). When the volcano last erupted 4000 years ago, the magma didn't solidy inside the main magma chamber,
but instead drained away further down. So the magma chamber is empty and enterprising Icelanders now lower tourists down 400 ft to the interior. There is a narrow entry slot
at the top and then the interior bells out into a large cavern
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