{"id":29016,"date":"2022-07-24T05:45:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T19:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=29016"},"modified":"2023-01-25T07:47:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T20:47:05","slug":"trollaskagi-iceland-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%b8-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=29016","title":{"rendered":"Tr\u00f6llaskagi, Iceland \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf8 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 22nd July 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 90 kms from Dalvik to Hofs\u00f3s  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited:  \u00d3lafsfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0<\/strong>ur  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Camping\u00a0Hofs\u00f3s,<\/strong> Isk2600, N65.89810, W19.40600\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 58 days @ \u20ac102 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After last night\u2019s never ending sunset, it\u2019s a grey morning once again. It\u2019s not raining, so where happy. We are planning a slow start this morning, we lay in much later than normal. Have coffee and fruit before walking over to the leisure centre for a swim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We pay our Isk400 pp (senior rate). The facility is first class, the main pool is only 25m, complimented but a series of spas, sauna and a well equiped gym. We do a K, then hang in the spa until we\u2019re wrinkly. As you would expect we are knackered, so it\u2019s back to the Hymer for a big breakfast and coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s mid-day by the time we\u2019ve got ourselves going again. We service the Hymer, say goodbye to our neighbours and roll out the gate. Our guide book recommends a stop at Gisli, Eirikur and Helgi, for the fish soup. It\u2019s a small timber cafe just up the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The cafe is full, we stand there quietly in the queue, slowly moving toward the counter, like a Seinfeld episode. Pam steps forward and asks can she get the soup take-away, the cafe goes quiet in fear of the Soup Nazi\u2019s response. I just look around giving my best she\u2019s not with me look..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two fish soups, they come with sides of salad and home made bread, then a piece of apple and blueberry pie for Rons (that\u2019s later on, in the Australian vernacular) Isk6,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a good start for the fabulous day exploring the Tr\u00f6llaskagi Peninsula .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first of several long narrow tunnels we pass through today. Obviously a nice wide, new tunnel is preferred but these were toll free and free is for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our first stop is the village of \u00d3lafsfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. It stands on the dark waters of the Eyjafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur 15 kms north of Dalvick. We find a parking spot for the Hymer and head off for a walk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trolls seem to be the theme as we wander \u00d3lafsfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Trolls adorn many of the simple houses in the village. The port area is extensive with lots of industrial buildings, but they all seem to be closed today. It may be a school holiday thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is a small campsite here in \u00d3lafsfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur but I think we\u2019ve done the place in 30 minutes, so we continue driving north on route 82. Yes, two more long tunnels through the mountains and we arrive at Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/a> is the most northern town on the Tr\u00f6llaskagi Peninsula. Surprisingly the campsite is right in the middle of town, so obviously campers are appreciated. We park just outside the campsite and go exploring. It\u2019s a much busier and bustling place, but there are a lots of tourist wandering about just like us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our guide book recommends the Herring Museum, so why not. We pay our Isk1200 pp (seniors) and head into the dark, hoping our night vision returns quickly. Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur was the centre of Herring fishing in Iceland for many years. The industry lasted for some 80 years, but by the 1960\u2019s overfishing had decimated the population and herring disappeared from Icelandic waters. The Icelanders blamed the Norwegians and visa-versa, but the herring never returned. Anyway we enjoyed the museum and felt sorry for the herring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We\u2019ve given Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur a good look, so it\u2019s time to move on once again. We turn the Hymer back onto the 76 through another tunnel and continue driving the Tr\u00f6llaskagi Peninsula. We have explored some beautiful scenery in our years of motorhoming but it would not be an understatement to say our afternoon driving the western side of the Tr\u00f6llaskagi was one of the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When the sun shines, so does Iceland. We eventually find Hofs\u00f3s and our campsite for the night. Our guide book tells us Hofs\u00f3s has one of the most scenic pools in Iceland. We\u2019ll be down there at 9 am to find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: 22nd July 2022 Travelled: 90 kms from Dalvik to Hofs\u00f3s   Visited:  \u00d3lafsfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur   Stayed: Camping\u00a0Hofs\u00f3s, Isk2600, N65.89810, W19.40600\u00a0 Budget: 58 days @ \u20ac102 per day After last night\u2019s never ending sunset, it\u2019s a grey morning once again. It\u2019s not raining, so where happy. We are planning a slow start this morning, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":29048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[144],"class_list":{"0":"post-29016","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iceland","8":"tag-iceland","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29016"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30787,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29016\/revisions\/30787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}