By Mike Pedley
Iceland’s economy may have hit the rocks but its pocket-sized capital still knows how to throw a party.
Reykjavik must be one of the world’s smallest capitals : on a global scale it hardly counts as more than a village. But this quirky pint-sized city has a maverick outlook on life – who wouldn’t when there are glaciers and volcanoes practically in the backyard and the Northern Lights shimmer overhead. If its reputation for fierce prices has put you off visiting in the past, now is the time to …

By Mike Pedley
Iceland’s  volcanic eruption is turning out to be a hot ticket for tourism. Perhaps the best thing that has happened to Iceland’s moribund economy in the last couple of years is the recent eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, 125km east of Reykjavik. In the wee small hours of Sunday 21 March, the sleeping mountain blew its top in the first eruption since 1823. When Iceland’s volcanoes erupt, they often melt vast volumes of ice from the glaciers all around with the potential for causing disastrous flooding, so 600 …