2. Iceland’s magnificent waterfalls have torturously long and hard-to-pronounce names like Seljalandsfoss, Gljúfrabúi, and Skógafoss. If I can’t say them, how can your kids?
9. After seeing how the geyser Strokkur violently erupts water up to 70 metres in the air every few minutes, your kids won’t care for Yellowstone’s Old Faithful.
10. Enjoying a picnic lunch at Viðey Island is really easy to organise – just catch one ferry and you’re on a historic and beautiful island. Your kids will think everything should be that easy.
12. The rocket-inspired cathedral Hallgrímskirkja will give your kids the impression that there’s no reason why your home can’t be shaped like a spaceship too.
Photo: Beata May
13. Visiting the open-air historical museum Árbæjarsafn will just confuse your kids if they say it out loud (or possibly end up with spit marks on their clothes).
Photo: Lydur Skulason
14. Once your kids try the 300km “Golden Circle” scenic drive, they’ll want to drive all week around the famous (and longer) “Ring Road” too. You won’t have time to see anything else!