Here you’ll find verdant green mountains rising to meet the sea, thousands of elegant waterfalls, exotic wildlife, geysers, and miles of unspoiled beaches—all photography-friendly year round
Mention Iceland to a casual observer and the response will probably be an exaggerated shiver and a speech on how cold and forbidding it must be. The reality, though, is very different.A small European island in the northern Atlantic just south of the Arctic Circle, Iceland enjoys weather influenced by the warm surface water of the Gulf Stream, which moderates the climate. Summer is indeed cool and comfortable, yet winter is relatively mild, similar to, say, New York City.
