Visiting Iceland in Winter. Lot’s of snow, hardly any light and temperatures 15 Celsius below zero.

Off we go from Zürich Airport up north to Iceland. In December when there are no hoards of tourists. As we thought. Turned out to be quite something going on around Christmas and New Year, despite us being in darkness most of the time. Especially lot’s of snow falling, Iceland experiencing an unusual amount of snowfall for this time of the year. This added quite an adventurous note to our trip, driving in whiteouts, defrosting the windscreen all 30 minutes, driving on Ice, having to turn around due to closed roads or digging out our car in the morning. See the following impressions of our road-trip from Reykjavik to Hvolsvöllur, to Vik, up to the Snaefellsnes peninsula and back again to Reykjavik, trying to capture Iceland in winter.

The Engines powering us up to Iceland The Engines powering us up to Iceland

Our view most of the time when we hit the Road. Strong winds blowing the snow across the road, reducing visibility to a minimum Our view most of the time when we hit the Road. Strong winds blowing the snow across the road, reducing visibility to a minimum

Heaps of new snow piling up every morning, making getting out of the house an adventure Heaps of new snow piling up every morning, making getting out of the house an adventure

The world famous black Beach of Vik The world famous black Beach of Vik

The town of Vik in the Sunset The town of Vik in the Sunset

An iced over Waterfall capturing some light in the afternoon An iced over Waterfall capturing some light in the afternoon

Stuck In Snow, trying to get our jeeps out Stuck In Snow, trying to get our jeeps out

Mountains Towering up in the Snaefellsness Peninsula Mountains Towering up in the Snaefellsness Peninsula

Snaefellsness Peninsula Snaefellsness Peninsula

Some grand architecture at the famous Harpa Hall Some grand architecture at the famous Harpa Hall

A YUUGE Church in the middle of the City. Saw some terrific (terrifying?) fireworks there at New Years Eve A YUUGE Church in the middle of the City. Saw some terrific (terrifying?) fireworks there at New Years Eve

Punkrock in Reykjavik Punkrock in Reykjavik

Whale watching in a Whiteout at Sea. Saw the Tail of a Graywhale for a second Whale watching in a Whiteout at Sea. Saw the Tail of a Graywhale for a second