Photos: Winter in Iceland

This picturesque scene is in Heiðmörk park in Reykjavik. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ómar Óskarsson

Kvíá and Kvíárjökull í Öræfum put on their winter look. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Rax / Ragnar Axelsson

Farmers gathering horses to get them to shelter. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Rax / Ragnar Axelsson

Snow makes sunset even more stunning. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Styrmir Kári

Gullfoss waterfall is no less impressive in winter than in summer. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Gísli Sigurðsson

Hágöngulón lagoon in the Icelandic highlands. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Rax / Ragnar Axelsson

About one in ten swans stay in Iceland over the winter. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ómar Óskarsson

The snow creates wonderful formations. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Rax / Ragnar Axelsson

Reykjavik clad in winter. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ómar Óskarsson

Icelandic horses have thick fur so they don't mind the snow. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Rax / Ragnar Axelsson

Spray from waterfalls creates a frosty coating on everything near them. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Rax / Ragnar Axelsson

Snow sometimes comes with the drawback of cars stuck in snowdrifts. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Rax / Ragnar Axelsson

Two men walking on ice in a lake that looks like a painting. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Rax / Ragnar Axelsson

Icicles are called grýlukerti in Icelandic, named after the frightening mother of the Yule Lads. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Rax / Ragnar Axelsson

Sheep are usually kept inside in winter. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Rax / Ragnar Axelsson

Ice formation in Jökulsárlón lagoon. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Rax / Ragnar Axelsson

Lake Mývatn can be one of the coldest inhabited places in Iceland. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Birkir Fanndal

No one enjoys snow like children do. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ásdís Ásgeirsdóttir

Heaps of hay left over from summer. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Brynjar Gauti

Winter at Vífilfell Photo: Iceland Monitor/Brynjar Gauti