Akureyri

Today we visited Akureyri in northern Iceland.
It's only a small place with not a lot here, but it must be lovely to live here for the views alone.
The town is set at the end of a spectacular fjord and surrounded by snow capped mountains.
The actual port area is quite small and can only take two cruise ships at a time, so the town is not to crowded with tourists.
There is a lovely if modern church, set on a hillside which I've spoken about in my last Iceland blog, it's not a particularly pretty church, but does have an interesting bit of modern history attached to it, through the stained glass windows above the alter, which were in the original Coventry cathedral.
Also it has stunning views of the fjord and the cruise ship with the mountains in the background.
As I've said it's a lovely town and I personally prefer it to Reykjavik which was our previous stop.Read more