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Most countries make do with one Santa. Iceland has thirteen, and none of them can be trusted around your sausages. Welcome to Christmas in Iceland, where mischievous Yule Lads come down from the mountains one by one, a giant cat prowls for people in old socks, and the whole nation celebrates by giving each other …

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Iceland in winter is a different country from the one you see in summer postcards. The days are short, the landscape is dusted with snow, the northern lights dance over the countryside, and the glaciers open their blue ice caves to visitors. If you are wondering what to do in Iceland between November and March, …

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Walking inside a glacier is one of those things you can only really do in a handful of places on Earth, and Iceland makes it surprisingly easy. Whether you want to step into a glowing blue ice cave, hike across a glacier tongue with crampons on your boots, or race across the ice on a …

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