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Iceland Travel Podcast with Katrín Jónsdóttir

Katrín Jónsdóttir

This podcast tracks one resident across Iceland over a couple of years, learning each area before moving on. The terrain is mostly plateau, with icefields, mountain peaks, and fiords deeply indenting a coast that holds almost the entire population. Half of that population is around Reykjavík, the capital and largest city.

The host's range moves from the capital, Reykjavík, north to Akureyri, out to the Snæfellsnes peninsula, and up to Hornstrandir. Askja, in the highland interior, is a reminder of the volcanic history that shaped migration. Around the coast, the North Atlantic Current moderates the climate and opens the land into bays and fiords.

The series unfolds slowly, returning to the same Icelandic places as the seasons change. A damp, cool summer turns into a mild, windy winter, and the short daylight changes how the plateau and fiords appear. Each return adds a layer, until knowing a place properly feels like a resident's knowledge.

Katrín Jónsdóttir lives in Iceland and stays for two years, moving between cities, coastlines and smaller towns on a route that follows the seasons. Not a week-long visit — Katrín is there in every kind of weather, working out where to eat on an ordinary Tuesday, which train to take, what a festival actually feels like from the pavement.

A new episode arrives every day. Each one is short and specific: one neighbourhood, one journey, one meal, one museum worth the detour — with the practical detail that matters. What it costs. When it closes. Whether the queue is worth it. What to do when it rains. Every episode carries a full transcript and chapter markers.

Part of Paris2Tokyo — one show for each of the world's hundred most-visited countries. Made for travelers, wherever you are going next.

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  • 5 episodes
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Episodes5

  • Yesterday · 9 min

    Pride Flags and Paperwork in Reykjavík

    On day five in Reykjavík, Katrín navigates the practicalities of settling in—picking up her kennitala, opening a bank account—while the city buzzes with Pride preparations. She reflects on the cost of living, the summer light, and the quiet before the pa…

  • Tuesday · 10 min

    The Quiet Before the Parade

    On day four in Reykjavík, Katrín navigates the practicalities of settling in, from public transit to Pride week preparations, and finds a moment of stillness before the city's celebrations begin.

  • Monday · 9 min

    Reykjavik's Long Sunday Light

    On a public holiday in the capital, Katrín walks the quiet streets, checks in on housing and a Ring Road vehicle, and watches the city prepare for Pride. A day of errands, small meals, and the strange lightness of an August evening in Reykjavík.

  • Sunday · 11 min

    Reykjavík's Quiet Weekend Before the Road

    On her second day in Reykjavík, Katrín gets a local phone number, confronts the city's steep rents, and weighs the cost of a car for her Ring Road trip. She walks the unusually empty streets, enjoys a geothermal pool and a bowl of lamb soup, and begins t…

  • Saturday · 9 min

    First Steps in Reykjavík

    Katrín lands at Keflavík and takes the Flybus into Reykjavík on a grey August morning. She sorts her kennitala, walks the empty holiday streets, and starts to feel the shape of the city before the road trip begins.