Going the distance for our community
Bright and early on the morning of August 23rd, about 20 of our staff members will be running either 10 or 21 km for a great cause in our local community. For the third year in a row, Nordic Visitor...
View ArticleNordic Photo of the Month – July winner
Congratulations to Sergio Guillen Andreu and Albert Solé Fernandez from Andorra! They are our July 2014 winners of our Nordic Photo of the Month Contest. Sergio and Albert travelled on our best-selling...
View ArticleMy Sweden: Stockholm from above
The following post is part of our “My Destination” series, in which our staff members take turns blogging about their local experiences and favourite places in our Nordic destinations. Today’s staff...
View ArticleUpdate about Bárðarbunga volcano in Iceland – 23 Aug 2014
Update as of Saturday, 23 August – 18:30 GMT: As of this afternoon, scientists monitoring the Bárðarbunga volcano in Iceland have reported an indication of a small lava eruption under the glacier near...
View ArticleMy Iceland: Magical Snæfellsnes Peninsula
The following post is part of our “My Destination” series, in which our staff members take turns blogging about their local experiences and favourite places in our Nordic destinations. Today’s staff...
View ArticleUpdate about the fissure eruption in Iceland
A fairly small fissure eruption started around midnight last night (August 29) in Holuhraun lava field north of Dyngjujökull, which is located in northern Vatnajökull in Iceland. As the volcano is...
View ArticleNordic Photo of the Month – August winner
Congratulations to Rania Nikolopoulou from Greece! She is our August 2014 winner of our Nordic Photo of the Month Contest. Rania got to experience the famous fjords on our best-selling Norway in a...
View ArticleSeptember 2014 Nordic Photo of the Month
We have a new Nordic Photo of the Month! Congrats to Daniel and Ercy Hosie from the United States. They travelled on our Iceland Full Circle self-drive tour, which we are discovering is a favourite...
View ArticleOur Favourite Museums for a Rainy Day
The only constant in life is change, and in the Nordic countries the weather is constantly changing. When Mother Nature unleashes the raindrops, it’s the perfect time to get acquainted with the local...
View ArticleMy Greenland: Hilmar’s Arctic Expedition
The following post is part of our “My Destination” series, in which we ask our staff to tell us about their favourite highlights in our Nordic destinations. Today’s staff blogger is Hilmar, one of our...
View ArticleIceland Ring Road Adventure: Day 1
This week we have four Nordic Visitor explorers out on the road, catching up with our travel friends around Iceland and taking in the beauty of the Icelandic winter. Our journey takes us around the...
View ArticleIceland Ring Road Adventure: Day 2 – Ice!
Ice ice baby! Day 2 of our Ring Road adventure was all about exploring the ice of Iceland. Driving from Kirkjubæjarklaustur to Höfn today, our main highlights focused on South Iceland’s glacial...
View ArticleIceland Ring Road Adventure: Day 3 – Fjords!
Day 3: we drove from Höfn to Egilsstaðir in East Iceland, with a stop in Djúpivogur and an additional detour off the Ring Road around some of the fjords to Fáskruðsfjörður (the “French” town) and...
View ArticleIceland Ring Road Adventure: Day 4 – Snow!
Day 4: This is an excellent opportunity to talk about Icelandic weather. Driving from Egilsstaðir to Akureyri today, we hit a few patches of rain, sleet and snow. Then moments of partial sunshine. This...
View ArticleIceland Ring Road Adventure: Day 5 – Home!
Day 5: home sweet home. We wrapped up our 1,332+ km Ring Road journey today by closing the circle back in Reykjavik. What an epic trip! First we got to enjoy the morning in the town of Akureyri, the...
View ArticleOh Baby! October 2014 Photo Winner
Congrats to our new Nordic Photo of the Month winner Kyla Haley Simpson from the United States! The reason we chose Kyla’s picture is pretty self-explanatory…can we say cute overload? And how about...
View ArticleIceland Ring Road Adventure: The Story
1,332 kilometres, 5 days, 4 people, 1 video… Iceland Ring Road Adventure from Nordic Visitor on Vimeo. Doesn’t that look like fun? In reality, our little adventure on the Ring Road involved far more...
View ArticleIt’s Never Too Late to Meet Santa Claus
Hidden away in the snowy wilderness of Finnish Lapland, Santa Claus is busy preparing for Christmas in his workshop. But he’s never too busy to greet visitors! Earlier this year, two of our lucky staff...
View ArticleGlowing ice – November 2014 photo winner
Congrats to our new Nordic Photo of the Month winners Julien Vivenot and Coline Lemang! Everything about their photo says WOW. Julien and Coline travelled on our Iceland Full Circle self-drive tour in...
View ArticleExpedition Voyages in Svalbard
About as far off the beaten path as it gets Midway between Norway and the North Pole, the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is the ultimate destination for those seeking an authentic Arctic...
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