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Iceland Guest is an information website for your travel to Iceland. On this site you can get all the tourist information you need for your vacation in Iceland. We hope that you will find this online travel guide useful in planning your holidays in Iceland.

About Iceland
Iceland is a refreshingly unconventional travel destination. The Icelandic nature is unspoilt, exotic and mystical with its spouting geysers, active volcanoes, tumbling waterfalls, towering mountains, vast lava plains and magical lakes. Iceland’s fjords, glaciers and highland plains present visitors with some of the most beautiful and enchanting places they will ever see, as well as a rare feeling of utter tranquillity.

For travelers on a quest for action, Iceland’s pristine nature offers great potential for outdoor activities such as snowmobiling, horse riding, cave exploring, hiking, swimming, skiing, river rafting, kayaking and mountain safaris on modified four-wheel drives, to name but a few. Iceland supports a surprisingly diverse Nordic flora and fauna and is an ideal place for ornithology enthusiasts, while also offering some of the world’s best whale watching destinations.

About Reykjavik
Reykjavík sometimes feels like a cosmopolitan capital and a tiny seaside village - all wrapped up in one. But Reykjavík has the best of both worlds; the qualities of a modern, forward-looking society complemented by a close connection to Iceland‚s beautiful and unspoilt nature.

Reykjavík’s legendary nightlife is bolstered by plentiful cultural and social happenings in addition to an abundance of first-class restaurants. The size of Reykjavik city centre is also limited enough to allow for easy navigation by foot. Reykjavík has been described as a young and daring city that is characterized by strong contrasts. Conveniently small, clean and safe, it is more or less free from the major problems that haunt many other capitals. Big city events are frequent, the winter lights festival finished recently with thousands of participants and more tourist at this time of the year than we are used to.

Highlights and Places in Iceland

Fjarðabyggð - A dream place for any outdoor activity.

Fjarðabyggð

Fjardarbyggd

A dream place for any outdoor activity.

Fjarðabyggð, the largest community of east Iceland is an interesting place to visit, where you will experience a relaxed Icelandic atmosphere, surrounded by towering mountains, rugged wilderness and breathtaking sights. Fjarðabyggð was established in the year 1998, when three towns of the East Fjords, Eskifjörður, Neskaupsstaður and Reyðarfjörður merged into one municipality. A wide variety of activities, from hiking, golfing, horseback riding to swimming and museum strolling are found in the towns and their surroundings where everyone should find something to suit their taste.

Fjarðarbyggð is a dream place for any out door activity. A country park at Neskaupsstaður is renowned for its amazing natural beauty and undisturbed wild life, as well as the country park Hólmanes, located between Eskifjörður and Reyðarfjörður. These places are ideal for hiking tours where visitors can enjoy the Icelandic wilderness in its purest form. Many other interesting sights can be spotted in Fjarðarbyggð. The majestic mountain Hólmatindur at Reyðarfjörður, the mountain Gerpir near Neskaupsstaður, which is the easternmost part of Iceland, and the Iceland spar mine, Helgustaðanámur to name a few.

For those who want to have a more relaxed holiday, various exciting exhibitions are on display in Fjarðarbyggð. The east Iceland Maritime Museum at Eskiförður tells the history of seafarers in the east of Iceland. The Natural History Museum in Neskaupsstaður offers a good collection of birds, shellfish and stones. In Neskaupsta›ur you will also find the Maritime and Carpenter museum which are located in the same house as the Tryggva museum which shows various paintings of the artist Tryggvi Ólafsson. The Icelandic Wartime Museum in Reyðarfjördur consists of an exhibition on the World War II era from an Icelandic viewpoint.

The eastern part of Iceland is a must see attraction and Fjarðabyggð, which offers all kinds of services for the traveller, therefore an occasion for a special trip. Excellent facilities for camping, fine hotels and farmhouse accommodations are also provided in the community, for those who want to spend a night in this adventurous and mountainous area.

Fjarðarbyggð
Tel. 470 9000
Fax. 476 1173
Email: fjardabyggd@fjardabyggd.is
Website: www.fjardabyggd.is