Today is one of the darkest days of winter — and an important part of the Scandinavian Christmas season: Santa Lucia Day. All over Nordic Europe, little candle-bearing Santa Lucias are bringing light to the middle of winter and the promise of the return of summer. To capture the celebration for our European Christmas special, we traveled to Drøbak, where Santa Lucia Day brings everyone out to dance around the trees…with their crowns of real candles. Just up the fjord, in Oslo, we had one night t

It’s here! Check your local listings for my new one-hour TV special “Rick Steves Iceland” — or stream it on PBS Passport beginning this Sunday. We’ll begin in Reykjavík, with endearing sights and thermal pools, plus a side-trip to the Golden Circle’s gorges, geysers, and waterfalls. Then, after fording rivers in a desolate valley and spotting puffins on volcano-shaped islands, we’ll drive the 800-mile Ring Road — connecting glaciers, fjords, geothermal hotspots, sod-roofed settlements, and majes

Usually, you'll find Rick Steves touring the great destinations of Europe for his acclaimed PBS television series or within the pages of his best-selling travel guides. Now you can see him LIVE on a Symphonic Journey with your Toledo Symphony on Saturday, November 16 at The Peristyle! From England, Norway, Italy, Austria, and beyond, Steves combines Europe's most stirring orchestral classics with beautiful high-definition cinematography and his own insights into European History. Tickets are ava

15K views · 351 reactions | Rick Steves travels through Iceland, visiting Reykjavik, Lake Myvatn, the Snaefellsnes Peninsula and museums on PBS Wisconsin at 7 p.m., tonight, Thursday, Oct. 3! Tune in, record this road trip throughout the island on your DVR or stream it on the free PBS app on all streaming platforms! | PBS Wisconsin | Facebook

39K views · 185 reactions | It's time for an adventure - to Iceland, with Rick Steves! Explore incredible fjords and magnificent volcanoes, tour the city of Reykjavík, and meet some of the cutest puffins you've ever seen. Don't miss Rick Steves' Iceland, now streaming on the Cascade PBS app! https://bit.ly/4fPEpFD | Cascade PBS | Facebook

7.8K views · 120 reactions | This week on the Travel with Rick Steves...