What is IcelandCover?
Our journey started in 2018.
Our story
During a fateful road trip to the beautiful church named Strandakirkja (seriously, it’s so pretty, you should check it out), Dave threw out the brilliant – and super original – idea to rent the expensive outdoor clothing needed for Iceland to people like you!
Sveinbjörn, who recently graduated from The University of Iceland went to work on a business plan and after many coffee breaks and discussions in the local public pool, they somehow managed to put this all together.
How these two got any work done at all, we’ll never know!
At first it was slow goings. We only offered hotel deliveries and kept the items at our own home. Sveinbjörn recalls getting a letter from the housing committee that the communal washing room was not to be used for ‘business related reasons’.
Slowly the company grew and in fall of 2022 we opened a little store on Laugavegur. In the back of the What’s On tourist information we had a single wall with two clothing racks and a single shoe rack, and that’s when the ball started rolling.
A little over a year later we moved across the street to a bigger space where we expanded our selection and offered camping equipment as well as clothes!
The team has grown and the little company we started on that little road trip has become something neither Davíð nor Sveinbjörn could have imagined!
What do we do?
Great question! We help keep you warm in Iceland so you can enjoy our little island without worrying too much about the weather!
We’ve chosen the no-nonsense items that you need for your stay. You can collect and return to our store in the heart of Reykjavík or we can deliver and collect them items from your hotel! Whichever suits you the best!
So leave the heavy, bulky, and expensive items to us and spend your time in Iceland the way you want!
Why do we do this?
We noticed that there were a lot of weary travelers that were not prepared for the weather in Iceland.
And that will definitely affect your experience! Since the whole point of coming to our little island is to explore the outdoors!
On top of that, the outdoor clothes needed for Iceland aren’t exactly cheap. So we thought, ‘hey, if we can help people save some money and space in the bag as well as give them the clothes they need for Iceland, that would be pretty great’
And so we did!
