The highlands make up a huge part of Iceland's centre. Being a mountainous and wild region, there aren't any main roads into the highlands, and the country's main ring road (Route One) circles around the coast of the island because cutting through the interior tends to take more time.

Even the country's rivers are connected to the landscape of fire and ice. Iceland's largest rivers by volume, the Þjórsá and Ölfusá, once flowed toward the coast as one river, joining about 25 kilometers from the modern-day coastline.

Reynisfjara was formed due to the volcanic activity in the area during the last few centuries. Each time the dangerous Katla volcano erupted, the lava reached the North Atlantic Ocean. Once lava and sea get in contact with each other, lava instantly cools down, hardens and becomes black.

Famous for its massive glaciers, around 11% of Iceland's surface is covered by ice and thus, aptly named. The country is also home to the largest glacier in Europe, the magnificent Vatnajökull. The glacier covers an area of roughly 8.000 square kilometres and measures a kilometre thick in places.

Located in the north of Iceland, Lake Mývatn is an exceptional natural setting home to a variety of landscapes. Large expanses of water, craters, and volcanic massifs are on the agenda when visiting this mysterious site

The architecture of Iceland is mainly low-rise, with many low tower blocks and two- or three-storey buildings with pitched roofs predominating. Houses and smaller municipal buildings were traditionally wooden-framed, and clad in wooden planks or corrugated metal.

The coastline of Iceland is 6.542,4 km (40.652,5 miles) long, and Iceland maintains a 200 nautical-miles exclusive economic zone, making the total economic area 751,345 km2 (290,096 sq mi). In addition, numerous smaller islands are found all around the coast, some of which are inhabited.