Region
Northwest Iceland
42 towns & places · 2 attractions · 3 h from Reykjavík
Horse country and quiet fjords between the Westfjords and Akureyri: seal colonies on the Vatnsnes peninsula, the basalt troll of Hvítserkur, and the turf farms of Glaumbær — Iceland as it looked a century ago.
- 42 towns & places
- 2 attractions
- 3 h from Reykjavík
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Tours in the northwest
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Towns & places in the northwest
42 places
Akranes
Akureyri
Borg
Brúnahlíð
Búðardalur
Dalvík
Garðabær
Gardabaer is a town in Iceland, located in the southwestern part of the country, in the Capital Region.
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Garður
Grindavík
Hauganes
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Hellissandur
Hvammstangi
…plus 30 more places across the region.
From the team’s own list
Where locals eat in the northwest
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