Date: 21st July 2022
Travelled: 110 kms from Rekyjahlíð to Dalvik
Visited: Goðafoss and Akureyri
Stayed: Camping Dalvík, Isk4000, N65.96790, W18.53400
Budget: 57 days @ €102 per day
Our night out at the Cow Shed restaurant was great, the food was first class and you get to watch the cows being milked whilst you enjoy your pre-dinner drinks is something of a one off expereince. Like everything else in Iceland it was expensive.
Full of food we enjoy a quiet night’s sleep never even hearing the motorhome now parked next to us. Pam and I both go for an early last walk around Rekyjahlíð capturing a picture of the Kirk, before servicing the Hymer and making for Route 1.
It’s only 45 kms to our first stop of the day, Goðafoss. The falls of the Gods according to local legend.
Thirty kms later without warning we find ourselves going into a tunnel that has a toll of Isk1500 (A$15). It’s 7 kms long but it still stung a little bit. However on exiting the tunnel we get this wonderful view across Eyjafjörður to Akureyri our next stop.
Akureyri, Norðurland eystra, Iceland
We drive into town and find traffic lights, we haven’t seen a set of those for a while. Even better we find a parking spot in the centrum, and it’s paid parking (Isk200), civilisation has its costs.
The Hymer is parked and we walk off to explore Iceland’s city of the north. Akureyri has a population of more than 18,000 people, add 2,000 more today because there’s a Viking cruise ship in port. There are a lot of people milling around Akureyri’s central mall, mostly it seems by the plaid shorts and accents from the US. Originally settled in 900, its the north’s largest port and centre of the fishing industry. You can read more about it from the link above.
The nearest campsite to Akureyri is beyond walking distance into town, so we decide to move on via a supermarket. Being a larger town we were hoping for one with a bit more variety but alas no. Anyway we buy enough to keep us going for a couple of days as we plan on touring the Tröllakagi Peninsula and it’s relatively remote according to our guide book.
So we continue north into the Tröllakagi. It’s beautiful farming country as we follow the Eyjafjörður (Iceland’s longest Fjord) to Dalvik.
Dalvik is relatively a small village of 1,400 people but the campsite is close to the centrum and best of all it’s situated next to the swim centre. So we’ll have a swim in the morning.
Michael + Pam
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Beautiful 😍 I just didn’t realise how much the north coast was settled keep up the blog