SEEDS - Volunteering for Iceland

SEEDS 43. Njálsbrennuhátíð - Viking festival

03.08.2011

The Viking festival workcamp in the south of Iceland, in the small town Hvolsvöllur, was very popular among SEEDS volunteers this year. Many volunteers from all over the world created a memorable atmosphere of the old viking times in Iceland. We lived and prepared the festival next to the...

SEEDS 51. Photo Marathon & Gay Pride!

28.07.2011

Colours, colours!!! This time volunteers from 12 different countries – Colombia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia and Spain - will hang up their photo exhibition under the topic EYESland – Colours of Reykjavík. The exhibition...

SEEDS 73. Rey Cup - Football Festival for Kids

27.07.2011

The Rey Cup Football Festival for kids was initiated by a group of motivated teachers, whose kids were playing football and it has become one of the biggest events for the summer in Reykjavik at the moment. Many Icelandic parents volunteer for the event and this year SEEDS volunteers joined them...

SEEDS 81. Viking Festival & Fire in Húnaþing

27.07.2011

Imagine dressing up like a Viking and playing with swords and axes, shooting arrows with real Icelandic bows. Everything you could imagine related to Icelandic and Viking culture is in this workcamp. We played Viking games, we built real Viking tents from wood with the help of our host, made a...

SEEDS 57. Nature and Culture in the South of Iceland (French scouts group)

27.07.2011

French scout group in Iceland : Bicycle trip from Keflavik to Vik! “Les Caravelles” coming from the Paris area in France, decided to organize a trip for 3 weeks together in Iceland. Les “CARA” like we use to call them are a group of 11 girls that are between 15 and...

SEEDS 33. Stykkishólmur in the Snæfellsnes peninsula

20.07.2011

Stykkishólmur is probably one of the most beautiful things that I’ve seen in the sunset. The best place to watch this spectacular show of colours is the big rock in the harbor were the lighthouse is. You have a panorama of the entire harbor and, if you turn your head around, you...

SEEDS 48. Nature & Culture in the South of Iceland

18.07.2011

How is farm life in Iceland? If you ever asked yourself this question, then this workcamp was the perfect answer. This July, eight volunteers from Austria, France, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Taiwan got the chance to work for two weeks on a beautiful farm in south Iceland and gain some first hand...

SEEDS 44. Reykjavík - Green & Fun!

18.07.2011

The first day, when the group met, everybody knew that things were not going to be easy, not everyone spoke or understood English fluently but we managed to not panic. We decided that if we had come to Iceland, it was to enjoy the experience and we would all do our best to have fun. Our idea...

SEEDS 53. Nordic Sailing, Coastal & Cultural festival

15.07.2011

We start the day with the best breakfast ever! Looking from the window of the ‘Dill’ Ship, docked in Husavik. Swallowing slowly the delicious breakfast we prepared ourselves for another day of working in the ‘house’, ‘visir’, ‘shrimps’, ‘rax’-...

SEEDS 46. Reykjavík International Photo Marathon

09.07.2011

This workcamp has been simply amazing. It was the first time that I was leading a camp alone, but with such a nice group everything was super easy! We were located in a school in the center of Reykjavík and apart from the photo content of the workcamp (I’m super happy! My volunteers...