Laugavegur Trail: Day 1 – Landmannalaugar
The Laugavegur Trail – 55 kilometers between Landmannalaugar and Þórsmörk – is one of the most popular trails in Iceland, and has been named by National Geographic as one of the most beautiful trails in the world. Its origin, Landmannalaugar, is part of the Fjallabak Nature Reserve. We take our first steps on the lava […]
Háifoss: the third tallest waterfall in Iceland
One of the more difficult sounds to catch – the Háifoss waterfall in southwestern Iceland. To reach it, it takes two hours by car from Reykjavik, including a dozen or so minutes on a very bumpy road, and then eight kilometers by foot through the mountains *. Although, one would like to say, these are […]
Noise From Iceland with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Andri Snaer Magnason
Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason and Kaśka Paluch of Noise From Iceland represent Reykjavík at the 59 Venice Biennale in a new project by the Japanese collective Dumb Type, which includes Oscar-winning and Grammy-winning composer Ryūichi Sakamoto. Field recordings present, among others, Faxaflóahafnir harbour, Laugavegur street and Lake Tjörnin. Andri, who invited me to this […]
Heimaey: Vikin black sand beach
I think I can now share with you the information that I am starting work on a new idea – a sound map and an album dedicated to one of the most mysterious – in my opinion – places in Iceland: Heimaey island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago. It has a dark history – in 1973 […]
Sólheimajökull
Glacial lakes are typical of glaciers, but Icelandic glaciers are receding at an alarming rate. You can see it with the naked eye. The disappearance of this, Sólheimajökull, we can witness sooner than we think. Therefore, when collecting sounds from glaciers, I remember that I document a phenomenon that disappears before our eyes.
Seljalandsfoss
I admit that I did not appreciate this waterfall. I even apologized to it for that (yes, I stood in front of it and said aloud: sorry to you, waterfall). For the first time, although I have lived in Iceland for almost 5 years, I dared to walk around it, that is to enter a […]
Grábrók
One of the three craters (next to Rauðbrók and Smábrók) of the same seven-kilometer eruption crevice, formed around 3,400 years ago. Located in West Iceland. Before I went there for the first time, I drove by him many times and always looked at him mesmerized. Regular shape, eye-catching black color. The view from Grábrók to […]
Sound of Northern Lights in Iceland
The sky has gone mad. The forecasts proved correct and from around 10 pm the amazing aurora spectacle began, which quickly took over the entire sky. She was green, she was red, she was dancing, she was wearing a crown. It is difficult for me to describe how impressed I was with it and I […]
November storm
In some places, gusts could even reach 140 km/h. So I guess we can already say that winter in Iceland has officially started. The day lasts 4 hours and hurricanes are slowly becoming our everyday life. Now we’re only waiting for snow 🙂 14 November 2021
