diff --git a/km3io/tools.py b/km3io/tools.py
index 0cf10f9370ea1ff6663b74ccb312348dafd3f0ce..e443357aa1ec72278b7e44bc9f14ccc4175d0728 100644
--- a/km3io/tools.py
+++ b/km3io/tools.py
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class Branch:
         self._subbranches = []
         self._subbranchmaps = subbranchmaps
 
+        self._iterator_index = 0
+
         if keymap is None:
             self._initialise_keys()  #
         else:
@@ -125,8 +127,22 @@ class Branch:
                     self._branch[self._keymap['id']].lazyarray(
                         basketcache=BASKET_CACHE), self._index_chain))
 
+    def __iter__(self):
+        self._iterator_index = 0
+        return self
+
+    def __next__(self):
+        idx = self._iterator_index
+        self._iterator_index += 1
+        if idx >= len(self):
+            raise StopIteration
+        return self[idx]
+
     def __str__(self):
-        return "Number of elements: {}".format(len(self._branch))
+        length = len(self)
+        return "{} ({}) with {} element{}".format(self.__class__.__name__,
+                                               self._mapper.name, length,
+                                               's' if length > 1 else '')
 
     def __repr__(self):
         length = len(self)
diff --git a/tests/test_offline.py b/tests/test_offline.py
index dfd8e7f2382dc3889ec707b054bc13554fb606f7..2dd1ee7fe2f4e0a07fb30ae94919ea4fcb53e8e7 100644
--- a/tests/test_offline.py
+++ b/tests/test_offline.py
@@ -161,6 +161,16 @@ class TestOfflineEvents(unittest.TestCase):
         assert np.allclose(self.events.hits[3:5][1][4].dom_id,
                            self.events[3:5][1][4].hits.dom_id)
 
+    def test_iteration(self):
+        i = 0
+        for event in self.events:
+            i += 1
+        assert 10 == i
+
+    def test_iteration_2(self):
+        n_hits = [e.n_hits for e in self.events]
+        assert np.allclose(n_hits, self.events.n_hits)
+
     def test_str(self):
         assert str(self.n_events) in str(self.events)