To eat

Whether you're here on an extended layover or for a fully-fledged vacation, making a rough outline of priorities will ensure you maximize your time, while leaving room for the spontaneous.

Icelandic baked goods deserve a blog of their own. The capital area alone has over 20 bakeries and almost every small town a bakery of their own. We even have a special traffic information sign.

Here is our quick "top 5" listing of the restaurants that you need to check out during your Iceland trip.

Ever thought of freezing mint leaves with liquid nitrogen? How about clearing up tomato juice from it´s pulp with a centrifuge? No? Well, the good people of Slippbarinn will do it for you.

While staying at our hotels in Reykjavik you will be located near many of Reykjavik's best restaurants. At Reykjavik Natura you will find the tasty Satt Restaurant, famous for their wood-oven baked pizza's. At Reykjavik Marina you will have the opportunity to taste great food while sipping on delicious cocktails and Hilton Reykjavik Nordica's award winning restaurant, VOX Restaurant, will do nothing less than to amaze you.

Icelanders are serious about their sweets. Really serious. Here's a guide to some of the best Iceland has to offer.

Learn about some of the more strange - at least to outsiders - foods of Iceland.

For many, one of the pleasures of travel is eating, especially getting the opportunity to try new foods or foods from their origin. This post is a list of Icelandic foods you should definitely try during your stay in Iceland.

Simply put, they are delicious - addictively delicious. This post is a love letter (of sorts) to the Icelandic hot dog, and hopefully everything you ever wanted to know about this savory snack, which is quite possibly the best hot dog in the world.

There’s no doubt about it -- Icelanders love to eat. Though you’ll be able to find a variety of cuisines during your stay in Iceland, there are a few local staples you simply have to try while you’re here.