Akureyri is the district capital of "Norðurland eystra". It is Iceland's fourth-largest city with approx. 18.900 citizens (Jan. 2019) following Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður and Kópavogur.
With it's important ice-free port and fishing industry, Akureyri is often called "Capital of northern Iceland".
Together with South-Iceland and Reykjanes peninsula, the northeastern region is the most intensive geothermal area.
The small island of Grímsey is located 40 km north of Iceland's coast and belongs to Norðurland eystra, too. It is the northernmost inhabited area of Iceland and the only part of the country that touches the arctic circle. (Population: approx. 100 inhabitants)
The total population number of Norðurland eystra is approx. 30.600 (Jan. 2019).
Akureyri / Population 18.925 (January 2019)
Akureyrarkirkja / compl. in 1940 / G. Samúelsson
Akureyri is located almost at the end of Iceland's longest fjord Eyjafjörður
View from Þjóðvegur dam crossing Eyjafjörður's end
Icelandic Formula Offroad "Greifatorfæran 2014" Bílaklúbbur Akureyrar
Laufás (Eyjafjörður) / built in the middle of 19th century / inhabited until 1936 by a priest
Goðafoss (158 meters wide) at Skjálfandafljót river
Aldeyjarfoss also at Skjálfandafljót river - located almost at northern end of Sprengisandsleið
Mývatn
Hverfjall (seen from west of Mývatn) - 2.500 years old tuff ring
On top of Hverfjall's rim - height 420 m / height above ground 90-150 m / diameter 1.000 m
Dimmuborgir - Lava field east of Mývatn
Námaskarð sulfur field
Krafla (818 m)
Kröflustöð - Steam tap at Krafla geothermal power plant
Húsavík / Population 2.323 (January 2019)
Former fishing boat now used as whale watching boat
Mink Whale "Anna Runa"
Hvalasafnið á Húsavík / Húsavík Whale Museum
Ystafell Transportation Museum (...best regards and many thank's to Sverrir!)
Mercedes Benz Unimog 401 (1955) imported by Mercedes dealer "Ræsir" to Iceland
Ásbyrgi
Rauðhólar (Jökulsárgljúfur) - Row of volcanic craters at Jökulsá á Fjöllum
Rauðhólar's craters are around 6.000 years old
Selfoss at Jökulsá á Fjöllum - drop height 10 meters
Dettifoss (right after Selfoss) - drop height 45 meters
Jökulsá á Fjöllum
Víti at Askja (Dyngjufjöll) with Öskjuvatn in the backround
Vatnajökull seen from the distance not far from Askja
