20 reasons you should visit Iceland this summer, now it's on the green list
From bubbling mud pits and ice caves to orcas and puffins, Paul Sullivan picks the best things to see in the Land of Fire and Ice
9 May 2021 • 5:00am
Iceland offers an endless list of activities to get stuck into, including helicopter rides over volcanoes, snowmobiling on glaciers, and descents into lava tunnels
The recent eruption of Mount Fagradalsfjall on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula is a timely reminder of the country’s powerfully raw nature. Compared with the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajokull, whose ashy discharges wreaked havoc, leading to more than 100,000 cancelled flights across Europe, it was relatively small fry. Rather than post-apocalyptic scenes of darkened skies, viral videos have shown scientists cooking sausages on the red-hot lava and locals casually playing volleyball nearby.