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One morning in July, we headed to the old harbor in Reykjavik to ride on a replica viking ship with Reykjavik Viking Adventure. “Replica viking ship” can mean a lot of things; maybe a boat that looks vaguely viking-like? But in this case, we’re talking about a painstakingly built replica of a real viking boat originally …
We have loved our whale watching trips out of both Húsavík and Reykjavik. But I recently discovered that Special Tours does something that I haven’t seen anywhere else: they meticulously document every single whale watching trip they take. How many whales did they see? How was the weather? It’s really quite impressive. Having had our fill …
This afternoon, we headed to Vikin, the Reykjavik Maritime Museum. We’ve already been there, but we didn’t get to tour Óðinn, the Coast Guard Vessel. You can only see it on a guided tour; tours are offered at 11 AM (summer only), 1 PM, 2 PM, and 3 PM. The ship sits right next to the museum …
We’ve been whale watching already on this trip. Twice, actually. The first time was with North Sailing in Húsavík, and it was an incredible trip. We highly recommend getting to Húsavík if you can, and going with North. But, we realize that many people won’t be able to make it way up, um, north to North, and …
Last weekend we dropped in briefly to see the Reykjavik Flea Market, Kolaportið. Today we headed back for a longer visit. Remember that it’s only open on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 AM – 5 PM. I feel like I always want to like this a lot more than I actually do.
We headed out to Hafnarfjörður to do some hiking today. Our destination was Helgafell mountain. “With an accessible and easy trail, walking on Helgafell is popular for all levels of hikers, including young children.” The parking area is located here (Google Maps link); it’s about a half hour drive from the harbor area of downtown Reykjavik; it could …
