December 4, 2025
SiggaAnna
Gourmet Food Market in Harpa December 13 -14, 2025 – a must for all food lovers If you are an enthusiast foodie and lucky enough to be in Reykjavik on December 13th and 14th, don’t miss out on the largest Gourmet Food Market in Iceland!! This fantastic farmers market is held at the Harpa Music…
September 28, 2017
SiggaAnna
The family farm Bjarteyjarsandur – one of our favorite stops in West Iceland One of the farms we visit during the Crisscross tours is Bjarteyjarsandur, a typical Icelandic sheep farm (but with that little bit extra). We spoke with Arnheidur Hjörleifsdóttir, one of Bjarteyjarsandur’s farmers, on what makes this place so special. Bjarteyjarsandur is a…
January 23, 2017
SiggaAnna
WEST ICELAND ON TOP 17. West Iceland is in good company on an exciting list of top 17 destinations to visit in 2017 recently published by CNN Travel. The travel reporters for CNN are real globetrotters, who have practically been to every corner of the world. The Top 17 list includes a great variety of…
The days keep getting shorter. The winter has been rainy, adding to the darkness. Christmas decorations are coming up all around town and at home we light candles and Christmas lights. Winter has its charm, but still it feels good to remember summer. In a few weeks the days start getting longer again and before…
Hraunfossar waterfalls Hraunfossar waterfalls are a sight for sore eyes, winter and summer, rain or shine. Always beautiful and always changing the way they display themselves. This natural phenomenon, where fresh water trickles down from underneath the lava field and falls into the river Hvítá, is a frequent stop on Crisscross tours. Although the…