by Midgard Base Camp | Nov 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you ask Google or ChatGPT when to travel to Iceland, it will always scream “SUMMER!” at you. Summer is amazing, of course: the days never turn dark, all the roads are open, everyone is out and about, and the whole country feels like one big road-trip festival. But...
by Midgard Base Camp | Oct 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Unplanned Stop That Turns Into the Highlight Hvolsvöllur might not be one of the big names in Iceland – it’s not Reykjavík, Akureyri or even Vík. In fact, most travellers pass right through it without realizing they’ve been here. And to be fair, the name...
by Midgard Base Camp | Sep 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
The days are getting shorter, the air a little crisper, and the mountains around Hvolsvöllur are starting to be sugar coated in the mornings. Stefan, a co-owner of Midgard, grew up in Switzerland and is about to spend his 9th winter in Iceland. We sat down with him,...
by Midgard Base Camp | Apr 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
1. Iceland’s exemplary response to the pandemic The Icelandic government was quick to make the right decisions in handling the coronavirus. From the beginning the pandemic was considered a serious matter, measures were put in place and no other country has done...
by Midgard Base Camp | Apr 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Words by Stefan Michel, operational manager and co-owner. My love story with Iceland began with an internship offer in a hotel in Hvolsvöllur back in 2007. All my friends that studied with me at the hotel management school in Lausanne in Switzerland chose big cities...
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