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- torsdag 29 juni 2023 08:38
- 🌬 8 °C
- Höjd över havet: 21 m
IslandKeflavík International Airport63°59’54” N 22°37’51” W
Icelandic Welcome 🇮🇸
29 juni 2023, Island ⋅ 🌬 8 °C
You can’t really do Iceland properly without a hire car, so introducing our Iceland whip ‘TT’. Next stop the second highest waterfall in Iceland.
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- torsdag 29 juni 2023 10:20
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Höjd över havet: 15 m
- IslandÁrtúnsá64°16’5” N 21°50’2” W
Attacking Birds!
29 juni 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Well our first stop can only be described as dramatic! We decided to pull in to this beautiful waterfall, but fell into the trap of two very nasty birds that were trying to protect their eggs, it didLäs mer
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- torsdag 29 juni 2023 10:57
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Höjd över havet: 95 m
- IslandHvalskarðsá64°23’4” N 21°16’51” W
🥾 Glymur Waterfall Hike
29 juni 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Next stop was a waterfall hike, it started out at the car park which was the end of a gravel road. As the hike went on the weather got steadily worse, and worse to the point were we literallyLäs mer
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- torsdag 29 juni 2023 15:45
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Höjd över havet: 68 m
- IslandRauðamelur64°51’32” N 22°22’4” W
Gerðuberg Cliffs
29 juni 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Next stop is the Gerðuberg Cliffs (yes your guess is as good as mine on how you pronounce this). These rocks reminded us of the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, these hexagonal rocks wereLäs mer
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- torsdag 29 juni 2023 17:15
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Höjd över havet: 16 m
- IslandLýsuhólslaug64°50’29” N 23°12’52” W
Lýsulaugar Thermal Pool
29 juni 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Final stop of the day is a geothermal pool which is filled with naturally hot mineral water, which was full of algae and various minerals, and was said to have a soothing and healing effect on theLäs mer
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- Dag 2
- fredag 30 juni 2023 09:55
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Höjd över havet: 8 m
- IslandKirkjufellsfoss64°55’35” N 23°18’37” W
Kirkjufellsfoss
30 juni 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Mt. Kirkjufell (463 m) is the mountain you can see in the photographs, it is the most prominent mountain in Grundarfjörður and the guide book said it is the most beautiful mountain on theLäs mer
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- fredag 30 juni 2023 10:24
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Höjd över havet: 73 m
- IslandBúlandsgil64°56’45” N 23°29’29” W
View point!
30 juni 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Fantastic view out towards the Westfjords.
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- fredag 30 juni 2023 11:22
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Höjd över havet: 9 m
- IslandGrundarfoss64°54’58” N 23°13’8” W
🌊 Grudarfoss
30 juni 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Next stop is another waterfall and this time it’s Grudarfoss, just a short walk (thankfully) from the car park to the waterfall. But the view when we got close was fantastic, to get a little closerLäs mer
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- fredag 30 juni 2023 13:04
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Höjd över havet: 26 m
- IslandSkagafjarðarsýsla65°28’34” N 19°16’30” W
Pictures from the road!
30 juni 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
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- fredag 30 juni 2023 13:57
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Höjd över havet: 47 m
- IslandGrábrókarhraun64°45’22” N 21°32’52” W
Lunch with a view!
30 juni 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Breaking up the drive across the northern part of Iceland with a spot of lunch with a view, we were going to stop at a viewpoint and then decided to make an impromptu stop here instead, and it wasLäs mer
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- fredag 30 juni 2023 16:09
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Höjd över havet: 80 m
- IslandHúnavatnssýsla65°19’55” N 20°34’12” W
🥾 Kolugljúfur Canyon
30 juni 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Called a hidden gem this canyon and waterfall is little known on the main route around Iceland, but was certainly the most impressive thing we have seen so far, by a country mile! The canyon is aroundLäs mer
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- Dag 3
- lördag 1 juli 2023 09:38
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Höjd över havet: 19 m
- IslandOddeyri65°40’49” N 18°5’31” W
Akureyri 🏙️
1 juli 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Last night we stayed in Akureyri which is the second city of Iceland, with a population of a little over 18,000 it is about 1/3 the size of Wallasey.
We walked along the Eyjafjörður fjord, seeingLäs mer
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- lördag 1 juli 2023 11:13
- 🌧 9 °C
- Höjd över havet: 120 m
- IslandGoðafoss65°41’1” N 17°32’28” W
Goðafoss
1 juli 2023, Island ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
After leaving Akureyri we drove 30 minutes east to get to Goðafoss waterfall, called in English the ‘Water of the Gods’. According to the Icelandic Saga’s in 1000AD it was here that the chiefLäs mer
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- lördag 1 juli 2023 12:57
- 🌧 10 °C
- Höjd över havet: 263 m
- IslandFellshóll65°35’12” N 17°7’56” W
Laxá í Aðaldal Viewpoint
1 juli 2023, Island ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Lunch in nature, quick pit stop on the short drive from the waterfall to the Lake *** part of Northern Iceland, we stopped off at Laxá í Aðaldal for lunch. It was a good chance to brush up onLäs mer
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- lördag 1 juli 2023 14:55
- 🌧 10 °C
- Höjd över havet: 311 m
- IslandBolir65°35’28” N 16°54’44” W
Lava field Dimmuborgir
1 juli 2023, Island ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
The Dimmuborgir lava field formed in an eruption that occurred in the area 2,300 years ago; the Lake Mývatn area is highly volcanic. As lava flowed across the area, it passed over a lake, causing itLäs mer
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- lördag 1 juli 2023 15:58
- 🌧 11 °C
- Höjd över havet: 282 m
- IslandHverfjall65°36’48” N 16°52’33” W
Hverfjall
1 juli 2023, Island ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
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- lördag 1 juli 2023 16:22
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Höjd över havet: 344 m
- IslandHverarönd65°38’23” N 16°48’33” W
Hverir: Geothermal Area
1 juli 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Next stop today is Hverir, a large Geothermal area with bubbling water (at 200* you couldn’t get close). There was also large funnels (covered in rocks) where large amount of steam rose into theLäs mer
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- lördag 1 juli 2023 19:46
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Höjd över havet: 24 m
- IslandHúsavíkurhöfði66°3’8” N 17°21’42” W
GeoSea Geothermal Seabath 🌊
1 juli 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Ending the day with GeoSea thermal bath, powered by nature it was 100% heated from nature it sits on a cliff above Husavik and overlook the Skjálfandi Bay and the Article Circle to the north!
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- söndag 2 juli 2023 01:59
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Höjd över havet: 8 m
- IslandHusavik66°2’46” N 17°20’37” W
Husavik at Night
2 juli 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
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- söndag 2 juli 2023 10:59
- 🌧 6 °C
- Höjd över havet: Havsnivå
- IslandLundeyjarbreki66°8’49” N 17°24’54” W
Whale Watching 🐋
2 juli 2023, Island ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
This morning we went on a whale watching from Husavik (the self proclaimed world capital of whale watching). After boarding our boat we were given massive boiler suits to wear, and even with myLäs mer
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- söndag 2 juli 2023 14:47
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Höjd över havet: 283 m
- IslandDettifoss65°48’52” N 16°23’9” W
Detifoss & Selfoss
2 juli 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Detifoss is one of the largest waterfalls we’ve seen so far, it is 100 metres wide and has a drop of over 44 metres and it is the second largest waterfall in a Iceland!
The only major issue was theLäs mer
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- söndag 2 juli 2023 18:54
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Höjd över havet: 446 m
- IslandStaðará65°22’28” N 15°52’59” W
Fjalladýrð
2 juli 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Tonight we are staying in what can only be described as a middle earth Amish community, there is absolutely nothing for miles around it, and you have to drive from check in to your bedroom, and thenLäs mer
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- måndag 3 juli 2023 10:37
- 🌬 6 °C
- Höjd över havet: 304 m
- IslandViðidalsá65°10’28” N 15°16’23” W
Stuðlagil Canyon
3 juli 2023, Island ⋅ 🌬 6 °C
First stop of the day is Stuðlagil Canyon, I think the picture speaks for its self, this spot was absolutely beautiful! It has glacier water running through a canyon walled with towering basalt rockLäs mer
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- måndag 3 juli 2023 14:45
- ☁️ 5 °C
- Höjd över havet: 588 m
- IslandHeiðarvatn65°14’29” N 14°10’41” W
Views from the mountain pass!
3 juli 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Egilsstaðir —> 🚗 —> Seyðisfjarðarkirkja
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- måndag 3 juli 2023 15:41
- ☁️ 6 °C
- Höjd över havet: 5 m
- IslandSeysdisfjordur Ferry Port65°15’41” N 14°0’15” W
Seyðisfjarðarkirkja
3 juli 2023, Island ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Yes once again good luck pronouncing the name of this town, yet here at the edge of a fjord is a town with only 676 people. Yet for some bizarre reason they had crazy painted roads, shack style cabinsLäs mer