Akureyri, the “capital of the sunny nort h,” is Iceland’s largest municipality outside the capital area.
There are thousands of islands, islets and skerries in Breiðafjörður Bay. The only inhabited island in the bay, and the biggest, is Flatey (m eaning “flat island”) . The area around Hvammstangi is one of the best seal-watching areas in Iceland.
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The area around the stratovolcano Askja is where NASA astronauts trained for the first moonlanding.
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Sub-glacial stratovolcano Snæfellsjökull is the entrance to a passage leading to the centre of the Earth, according to Jules Verne's novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864).
Reykholt wa s the home of legendary Icelandic historian, poet, and politician Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241). He was the author of the Prose Edda and Heimskringla.
Two out of three Icelanders reside in the capital area. Skálholt
96% of those who visit Iceland pass through Keflavík International Airport.
Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier, covers 8% Iceland.
The Geysir geothermal area and the nearby waterfall Gullfoss rank among Iceland's most popular tourist attractions.
Þingvellir National Park is where Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament, was founded in 930 AD. The park lies in a rift valley that marks the boundary between two tectonic plates.
According to the Icelandic Book of Settlements, Reykjavík was home to Iceland's first permanent settlers: the Viking couple Ingólfur Arnarson and Hallveig Fróðadóttir, who settled in 874 AD.
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Hekla is Iceland's most famous (and most active) volcano. During the Middle Ages, Europeans referred to Hekla as the “Gateway to Hell.”
The volcanic fi ssure Laki erupted between 1783-1786, creating one of the largest lava flow s in human histor y.
The volcanic crater lake Kerið was formed approximately 3,000 years ago.
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Landmannalaugar lies at the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and is known for its geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
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Due to recent volcanic eruption activity on the Reykjanes peninsula, the village of Grindavík has been evacuated and locked down for the time being.
with Orkan card to your Apple/Google wallet The volcano Katla, underneath the Mýrdalsjökull icecap, las erupted in 1918. Scientists believe another eruption may be imminent.
The Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted in 2010, leaving hundreds of thousands of air passengers stranded on both sides of the Atlantic (many a news anchor also struggled to pronounce the volcano's name). Half the town on Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago was covered by lava in the famous Eldfell eruption in 1973. The community w as rebuilt and now boasts one o f the largest fishing harbours in Iceland.
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