The Icelandic Aviation Museum is located by the Akureyri airport.
The Exploration Museum is dedicated to the history of human exploration. The stories displayed here are different in periods and places, but there is one thing that unites all of them: the common need of the human being to go always beyond physical…
The Herring Era Museum in Siglufjörður is an awarded maritime and industrial museum, where the “glory days” of Iceland’s herring fisheries and industry are brought back to life in three different buildings. Róaldsbrakki, a 1907 salting…
The Icelandic Horse has remained isolated and purebred since Iceland‘s settlement. There are tales of breeding in old times but for a long period the horse was mostly shaped by natural selection. The breeding horses introduced at this exhibition…
The Industry Museum is a small, homely, relaxing and interesting place where you can see machines, devices and products from the blooming industry in Akureyri, from the early 20th century until today. We also have displays from various private…
The Motorcycle Museum of Iceland exhibits the 100 year old story of motorcycles in Iceland.
The foundation of the Transportation Museum at Ystafell had a long prelude but in the spring of 1995 discussions concerning the construction of facilities, to house the many cars and machines available at Ystafell, became more serious. In December…
From the Vatnsdæla Saga, the story of love and battles put into tapestry, as was done in the Bayeux-tapestry.
The Icelandic Emigration Center was founded in 1996 and dedicated to commemorate Icelandic emigrants to North America and to promote connections between their descendants and the people of Iceland. The Center now offers four exhibits in three…
Aldeyjarfoss waterfall is considered the most beautiful one in the river Skjálfandafljót. The waterfall is framed with long, natural basaltic columns. It is located on the Sprengisandur highland road. It is possible to drive almost all the…
Set in Raufarhöfn, one of the most remote and northernmost villages in Iceland where the Arctic Circle lies just off the coast. Similar to its ancient predecessor, Stonehenge, the Arctic Henge is like a huge sundial, aiming to capture the…
Ásbyrgi is one of the wonders of nature, a well forested horse-shoe shaped canyon. Ásbyrgi is in the Vatnajökull National Park.
Askja is a 50 km2 caldera in the Dyngjufjöll mountains. The mountains emerged in eruptions under an Ice Age glacier cap. Askja itself was formed, for the most part, at the end of the Ice Age in a major ash eruption which caused the roof of…
Bárðarbunga is a stratovolcano located under Vatnajökull, Iceland’s most extensive glacier. She is the second highest mountain in Iceland at 2,009 metres above sea level. Bárðarbunga is also part of a volcanic system that is…
Borgarvirki is a 10-15 metre high ridge of columnar rock. This phenomenon is a volcanic plug, and there is speculation as to whether it was, in ancient times, a district fortress and even, perhaps, a battleground. From Borgarvirki there is a…
The Dettifoss waterfall is with the greatest volume of any waterfall in Europe, 500 cubic m. of water per second plunges over the edge. Dettifoss is 45 m high and 100m wide. A nice hiking trail, 34 km, goes along the canyon from Dettifoss to Ásbyrgi.
Dimmuborgir is an area of randomly strewn lava rocks and cliffs, surrounded by vegetation, such as low bushes and plants. Dimmuborgir is a place of surprises with its myriad forms and images, small caves and towering volcanic rock.
The rocky island Drangey in the middle of Skagafjörður is a flat topped mass of tuff, rising almost 200 m. out of the ocean. The cliffs serve as nesting sites for around million sea birds and have been used throughout Iceland´s history for…
The Goðafoss waterfall is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in Iceland. The water of the river Skjálfandafljót falls from a height of 12 m. over a width of 30 m. In the year 1000 the Lawspeaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði made Christianity the…
Grímsey is the northern most point of Iceland situated on the Arctic Circel. It is the home to one hundred people, one million seabirds and one of the biggest puffin colonies in Iceland. It is a great place to enjoy the midnight sun around the…