Jökulsárlón

People versus icebergs

Wedding day is less than two weeks away!! We are getting married at Jökulsárlón, so we thought we'd tell you a little about it. It's a glacier lagoon, where parts of the Vatnajökull glacier break off into the water (that's the glacier in the back of the picture there).

It's a six hour drive west from Reykjavik, on the other side of Iceland. It's in the middle of nowhere pretty much. The last town we pass is 80 minutes away and has 160 inhabitants. It'll be us and the seals.


A shot from the James Bond movie "Die Another Day"

Also, from the wikipedia entry: "A number of films have had scenes shot at Jökulsárlón, including Beowulf and Grendel, Tomb Raider, Die Another Day (James Bond), Batman Begins and A View to a Kill (James Bond). The lagoon was a waypoint during the first stage of The Amazing Race 6. Good Morning America was broadcast live from Jökulsárlón on November 13, 2006."

They actually froze the lake to drive on it for "Die Another Day", it's not normally frozen.


Leonardo DiCaprio and the polar bear Knut at Jokulsarlon for the cover of Vanity Fair. They probably won't be there for the wedding, but who knows?

When we asked for permission to get married there from the owners, I was under the impression we were the first to ever do so (I have found two other couple online who have taken wedding pictures at Jokulsarlon, but neither were actually married there). Well, here's to breaking new ground!