Actor and photographer Gillian Zinser lets us in on the best places to eat, sleep and just be in Iceland. The accompanying images are a dreamlike account of her days there, filled with pink light and cool blue water and shot on 35mm film.
WHAT TO DO
- The Icelandic Phallological Museum in Reykjavik
- Spúútnik + Nostalgia second hand shops in Reykjavik
- Drive into Landmannalaugar for a day hike and hot springs
- Take a sunset boat tour around Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon
- Do a glacier hike in the Skaftafell National Park
- Thingvellir National Park
- Most Epic Waterfalls: Gullfoss, Dettifoss, Seljalandsfoss, Skógafoss + Dynjandi
- Hike up the Hverfjall crater
- Go to the Reynisfjara black sand beach with jagged basalt columns
- Find the secret cairn cave on the Dyrhólaey peninsula beach
- Relax at the Mývatn nature baths at night
- Take a sunset boat ride around the Mývatn Lake
- Walk around the Hverir geothermal fields
- Explore the Lofthellir ice cave
- Hiking trails at Ásbyrgi
- Akureyri geothermal pool
- Hofsós geothermal pool
- Drive through the West Fjords
WHERE TO STAY
- Kex Hostel // Reykjavik
- Lónkot Bucolic Resort // Skagafjörður
- Dimmuborgir Guesthouse cottages // Mývatn
- ION Luxury Adventure Hotel // Selfoss
- (Also just bring a tent and camp everywhere and anywhere)
WHERE TO EAT
- Gló Organic Cafe // Reykjavik
- Vogafjós Cowshed Cafe // Mývatn
- Pakkhús // Höfn
- Tjöruhúsið // Ísafjörður
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x17 | Iceland by Gillian Zinser
Smile (2022)
Holy New York (2018)
Whoever You Are, (2017)
Band Aid (2017)
Halfway (2017)
End of Babes (2015)
Two Wrongs (2015)
Always Worthy (2015)
Asthma (2014)
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