#borgarfjörður

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Puffin

Borgarfjörður eystri, Iceland

May, 2024

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you were in Iceland?? epic! I've been there as well (in 2022), how was it? how was the volcano? (if you don't mind me asking, feel free to ignore this)

Yes! I was there 5/18 to 6/1. I've wanted to go for like a decade and have been semi planning this trip for 2024 for a year and a half, then properly researching and planning since January. It was SO AMAZING. Exactly everything I wanted :) I was ready to go home at the end for like, my own bed and some rest, but now I miss it and want to go back lol

If you went in 2022, did you get to hike to the Fagradalsfjall eruption? I know those were the "tourist" ones that people could get closer to. The current eruptions are part of another volcanic system on the Reykjanes peninsula, Svartsengi. They aren't open for hiking. It erupted again 3 days before I left. I got to see it twice! On our last full day we drove out of Reykjavik and saw it along the highway, and then the day we left we stopped on the way to the airport. I took this with my 250 mm from literally the side of the highway:

It caused no interferences with our travel. It's a fissure eruption, so the lava is erupting along a fissure and isn't as big and explosive. Initially they were afraid this one might disrupt air travel if the lava flowed to the sea (producing more ash and steam) but it didn't. It was very cool to see! I feel bad for the people who lived in Grindavik though, it’s been months since they had to evacuate and there isn't an end in sight for them yet. The Icelandic government really stays on top of things like road closures, weather reporting, etc so I checked their websites daily. The main concern with the eruption as gas pollution, so I just checked their pollution forecast to see if the wind was going to blow it over us or not (it didn't.)

Our trip went great. We had mostly good weather and apparently left just in time because this last week there's been a pretty nasty problematic storm across the whole country that left a bunch of people stranded. But we left 2 days before that. We drove 3,300 km in our rental car (2,050 miles) and did the entire ring road + some of the Westfjords + Snæfellsnes + Húsavik + Borgarfjörður Eystri as detours. Our rental car was named Jim because that was his license plate. We bonded with him lmao

Here's a few photos :)

Major things I did: Katla Ice Cave, Vestmannaeyjabær, Silfra snorkeling in 2°C water, Jökulsárlon boat tour, Húsavik whale watching, countless waterfalls, puffins at Borgarfjarðarhöfn, Hvammsvik hot springs & Sky lagoon, and Mulagljufur Canyon.

It was at coldest, 2°C (35°F) with downpour rain being pushed sideways into your face by wind to the point you could hardly open your eyes. It was at hottest 19° C (66°F) and sunny. We mostly got great weather, it was only one day that was particularly bad. Mostly it was between 7°C - 13°C (45°F - 55°F) the whole time.

I NEVER saw it get dark and that was a novelty to me the entire trip. Like it never settled in as something I got used to. Presumably it got mostly dark somewhere around 2 am but I was always asleep by then and even if I woke up to go the bathroom, it'd be like 4 am and already light again. The furthest north we stayed was Ísafjörđur, and according to timeanddate.com by May it never reaches full dark, only civil twilight for 3 hours and daylight the other 21. I can't imagine if I'd actually have been there during the solstice, with just that extra month for the days to be even longer!

Now I want to go back for a short winter trip to see the northern lights and then for a proper summer trip to see the highlands (closed the whole time we were there for thawing season)

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"Puffin Present"

 Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)

Borgarfjörður Eystri, Iceland.

By Shane Kalyn

BigPicture Natural World photography competition

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Ruff rugged and raw.  At Borgarfjörður Eystri ~ Iceland

Source:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CMSiJKhhBa5/?igshid=1fe5qmtfnuazl

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Hraunfossar in Borgarfjörður, Western Iceland

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at Borgarfjörður Eystri

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Elísabet Pálmadóttir, a natural hazards expert at the Icelandic Meteorological Institute, says earthquake activity began to increase from 1 a.m. The largest of them, with a magnit...

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Heute war mal wieder ein Tag der nicht wechselhafter hätte sein können. Die Straßenverhältnisse waren besser als erwartet, die Temperaturen die meiste Zeit zwischen 2,5 und 4 Grad. Zunächst ging es gar nicht weit vom Campingplatz eine kleine Runde laufen in der Region Hljóðaklettar. Dann ging es weiter Richtung Ringstraße und über Egilsstaðir, dem Hauptknotenverkehrspunkt im Osten, nach Borgarfjörður. In Island reicht es nicht nach Google Maps zu fahren, sondern ggf. ein paar Meter weiter zu fahren um zumindest noch eine asphaltierte Straße zu haben. Zwischendrin gab es Nebel, Sonne, extreme Winde und zum Schluss auf dem Campingplatz ein nettes miteinander Kochen und Essen mit einer Schwedin und einer Französin. Irgendwann wurde von den Campingplatzverwaltern rumgefragt, ob jemand sehr früh weg müsse, da es eventuell auf dem Berg, über den jeder fahren muss, schneien kann. Ich habe aufgrund von extremen Nebels außer Steigungen und Gefällen von um die 17 Prozent nichts gesehen. Heute Abend, als es sich etwas lichtete, konnte ich die Landschaft erahnen.

Nun, morgen geht es hier erstmal noch zu den Puffins und dann werde ich den Pass auf jeden Fall fahren und dann weiter Richtung Seydisfjordur fahren, um dort morgen Abend und nicht erst Mittwoch schon anzukommen. Das habe ich mir eh bis zum Schluss aufgehoben und dann bin ich entspannt, wenn das Wetter so bleibt. Meine Reifen sind auch einfach nicht mehr die besten...

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“The observation post”

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Puffin

Borgarfjörður eystri, Iceland

May, 2024

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Iceland will be open for travelling tourists on june 15th. And here i am at the #lavawaterfalls in west #Iceland. Beautiful location and great scenery. #primetours #primetoursiceland @your_travelpartner #iceland #travel #cnnireport #holiday #vacation #bbctravel #video #share #videooftheday #instagramvideo #hraunfossar #borgarfjörður #Reykjavik (at Hraunfossar, Iceland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlhvBYAes_/?igshid=1uxctk76djldb

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Un precario equilibrio o una stabile certezza ? . . . #iceland #icelandicnature #borgarnes #borgarfjörður #enjoylife #vesturland #hafnarfjall #walking (presso Hafnarfjall)

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My mom at #Hraunfossar 1986🇮🇸 . . #mystopover #traveladdict #discoverearth #instatravel #welivetoexplore #doyoutravel #wanderlust #traveltheworld #ourplanetdaily #earthpix #artofvisuals #theweekoninstagram #instatravel #wanderlust #earthvisuals #ig_worldphoto #instamood #drone #old #borgarfjörður #igtravel #inspiredbyiceland #iceland (at Hraunfossar, Iceland) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxSN99dgsPU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1eays397ey1gb

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Notes from a Cold Island: Road Trip Pt. II

Notes from a Cold Island: Part II of our 12-day road trip around Iceland. This time: Borgarfjörður Eystri, Seyðisfjörður, Jökulsárlón, Vatnajökull, Skaftafell, Svartifoss

Back in June, after living here for nine months, we finally took a trip around the country. My dearest had the whole thing planned out: a clockwise road trip around the island in 12 days, staying in a different town each night, covering as many sights as possible while also avoiding tourists. Tue. June 15: Eiðar to Borgarfjörður Eystri to Seyðisfjörður The next day we set out in search of more…

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