Akureyri

Akureyri, with a population of around 18,000, is the largest town in Iceland outside the Southwest Iceland|Southwest region and the unofficial capital of North Iceland.

An introduction to Akureyri

Climate & Weather

• Indian Curries Hut Hafnarstræti 100b GPS | long - phone +354 461 4242 | tollfree | hours | price march 2015 - Indian Curries resturant

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• Hamborgarfabrikkan The Hamburger Factory | url Hafnarstræti 87 | phone +354 575 7575 - Icelandic hamburgers

}} If you just want a quick Snacks and there's a Hot Dogs stand on Hafnarstræti, opposite The Viking (souvenir store). Do as the Icelanders do and ask for eina með öllu: one with everything. While you're in Akureyri, also be sure to get ice cream from Brynja (Aðalstræti 3, +354 462 4478, @). You'll never want to eat other ice cream again.

• Strikið Skipagata 14 GPS | long - phone +354 462 7100 | tollfree | hours | price march 2015 - High quality restaurant with an good Chocolates cake. Mostly fish and lobster on the menu.
• Greifinn | url Glerárgata 20 | phone +354 460 1600 | hours 11:30-22:30 (Sun-Thu), 11:30-23:30 (Fri+Sat) - Famous for its Pizzas, but everything on the menu's worth trying.

A nice café is across the street from the main movie theater. It seems that people in the city enjoy an 'early' movie theater around 8pm or so, and, as customary in Iceland, go clubbing/barhopping after midnight, however the clubs close at 1AM, at least during the weekdays. A strange wheel-of-fortune with shots and nothing, is there, for 1500 kr.

Where to stay

There are many guesthouses more inland instantly away from the town center. They double as residences for college students, but they are the cheapest lodging you'll find, at around 8000 kr double and 5000 kr single Hostelling International GPS | long - phone | tollfree | hours | price | checkin | checkout April 2015 - Dorms from 2900 kr.

• Gista Gránufélagsgata 43 GPS | long - phone +354 694 4314 | tollfree | hours | price | checkin | checkout March 2015 - Company that rents out apartments.
• Hotel Kea Hafnarstræti 87-89 GPS | long - phone +354 694 4314 | tollfree | hours | price Around 15 000 kr. in the winter and 30 000 kr. in the summer. | checkin | checkout - Hotel in Akureyri centrum.
• Icelandair Hotel Akureyri Þingvallastraeti 23 | phone +354 444 4000 (booking), +354 518 1000 (hotel) +354 444 4001

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• Akureyri Backpackers Hafnarstræti 98 | phone +354 571 9050 - Rooms, showers, guest kitchen, lockers, washers/dryers, bar/restaurant, hangout and more.
• Acco Hostel Skipagata 4 ☎ +354 547 2226 Very basic, very affordable (€28 in an 8-person dormitory). Don't confuse the hostel (entrance B) with Acco guest house (entrance A)
• Hotel Akureyri Hafnarstræti 67 ☎ +354 462 5600 125€ Attractive exterior, nice clean rooms inside with views of the fjord. Breakfast included with room.

Telecommunication

Akureyri has good mobile phone coverage (including 4G). Wi-fi internet is often available at cafés or hotels. Here are additional internet access options:

• Municipal Library of Akureyri - Amtsbókasafnið - Cheap Internet connections are available here for 300 kr./hour.
• FAB Tourist Center - Strandgata 49 ☎ +354 820 0980 Opening Hours: 07:30-23:00 Internet access, wireless hotspot, VAT refund, currency exchange, information center, café and ticket sales for FAB Travel tours.

Where to go from Akureyri

2008-05-21 12 37 01 Iceland-Skútustaðir - Pseudocraters in Mývatn with the volcano Vindbelgjarfjall in the background|600px Akureyri is a good base to explore some of the more remote areas of Iceland, such as Mývatn. Several buses run mostly hourly from the downtown to other important places like the airport and neighboring settlements and bus tours are available which take you to see the enormous crater of Víti and Goðafoss (waterfall of the gods). Akureyri is fairly close to Húsavík, which has several whale watching tour operators and Dalvík, from where you'll be able to catch a ferry to the island of Grímsey, Iceland's northernmost inhabitated island, situated right on the Arctic Circle.

• Akureyri to Myvatn (1h30m) 2400 kr. / €16
• Akureyri to Egilsstadir (3h30m) 7600 kr. / €51

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