We welcome our July guests

by | Jul 1, 2011 | Uncategorized

Bright summer night at Eyvindartunga New guests with new ideas and interesting background are here. It will be exiting to watch how Laugarvatn will influence their work. Julie Ryder, textile designer, Canberra, Australia –...

Another beautiful day!

by | Jun 19, 2011 | Uncategorized

Iceland independence day is up, we take part in festivities and open the doors to the public. We are happy to have put back up the exhibition of Thorarinn B. Thorlaksson’s paintings. On the occasion we invited people to make their own painting of Mt. Hekla....

First guests in June

by | Jun 5, 2011 | Uncategorized

Gullkistan welcomes Angela Washko and Elaine Pawlowicz, artists from USA who will stay with us in June. Angela financed her trip to Iceland by  KICKSTARTER (see link on her webpage; http://angelawashko.com/home.html) Elaine Pawlowicz, her webpage...

The Gold Sprint 2011

by | May 25, 2011 | Uncategorized

June 18th, annual cross country run around lake Laugarvatn. A real experience! Look at Upplit.is for more info in Icelandic and hlaup.is for signing up for the next run. See photos from last year here

Rocky

by | May 23, 2011 | Uncategorized

Here is Rocky, 18 year old Suzuki Vitara. Waiting to take the guests of Gullkistan for shorter rides in the area. More information under FAQ to the right.

Fire playing with ice

by | May 22, 2011 | Uncategorized

Earth split under the Vatnajökull glacier today. We can see the smoke though we are not close. It was rising 20 km into the sky. Later in the evening there were spectacular lightnings in the smoke though we could not catch them.

Bookings for the summer from all over

by | Apr 9, 2011 | Uncategorized

Guests from Japan, Australia, Russia, Britain, Canada, Estonia, France, Iceland and USA will be coming  soon for their adventures at Gullkistan this summer. If you are interested to join in there are still a few rooms left for guest this summer and autumn.