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Winter adventure

Winter adventure

North Iceland is the number one destination for Icelander's winter activity's. In North Iceland are six ski resorts. In the north is the best ski resort in Iceland and that is Hlíðarfjall. If you like action heli skiing in Tröllaskagi could be something for you. In winter there are multiple attractions in the North, you can go on a whale watching trip from Akureyri, Dalvík and Húsavík, northern light trips are just around the corner and the culture blossom's during the winter with live theater and music. You should not miss the Yule Lads, they live in Dimmuborgir and tease people that come around. In December you can expect a white christmas in North Iceland and from October to April the North is truly a winter wonderland.

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Horses in Winter Time

The Ski Hotel in Akureyri Ski Area

Ski to the Ocean

Dettifoss during Winter time

Skiing near the Ocean

Skiing in North Iceland

Northern Lights for apre ski

Cat skiing in North Iceland

During nights time, pitch black skiing

Goðafoss, falls of the Gods

Inspiration Iceland

Inspiration Iceland is a company that focuses on conscious, fun holidays and offers adventure trips to power places and natural spas, wellness and yoga holiday under the midnightsun and polarlights.

Kaldbaksferðir

Kaldbakur Tours offers during the winter trips up the mountain Kaldbakur which is 1.173m high, making it the highest peak on the northeastern side of Eyjafjörður, with panoramic views all the way east to Langanes and into the highlands of Iceland.

Jón Þór Benediktsson / The Traveling Viking

The Traveling Viking is an Icelandic tour operator in Akureyri that provide tours all over Iceland, with the main focus on the North-East

Imagine Iceland Travel

Imagine Iceland Travel operates a great range of tours to discover North Iceland all year round. Specializing in small group tours and private tours, we have gained a reputation for providing high qua

Iceland Snow Sports

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Iceak

IceAk is a 3rd. generation family operated traveling company which specializes in Super Jeep tours from Akureyri and nearby locations all year around. We offer a variety of day tours to some of the mo

Nonni Travel

Nonni Travel aims to encourage the travel of foreign and Icelandic visitors to the region and can assist other agencies with clients wishing to travel to Iceland.

Hlíðarfjall Ski Area

For nearly 40 years, the mountain Hlíðarfjall has been one of the prime skiing areas in Iceland. The hallmarks of Hlíðarfjall are high quality snow, extensive cross country tracks and exciting ski

The Touring Club of Akureyri

The Touring Club of Akureyri operates seven mountain huts and offers tours year round. For information, please see www.ffa.is/en. Winter opening hours (September 1 - April 30): Mondays-Fridays 11:00-1

Scandinavia Travel North

Scandinavia Travel North is a destination management company operating in northeast Iceland, with special focus on walking and hiking tours in Húsavík, Diamond Circle packages and the northern regi

Bergmenn Mountain Guides

Jökull Bergmann is Iceland's first and only UIAGM-IFMGA certified mountain guide. Bergmenn specialize in ski touring, ski mountaineering, heli skiing,ice and alpine climbing

Siglufjörður Ski Area

The ski slopes of Skarðsdalur are without a doubt among the best in Iceland. Three lifts carry skiers up to the slopes; two combined lifts, a disc lift and a rope tow, wich make the total length of 1

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Saltvik

For the last 20 years we have been organising highland riding tours where we go out for 5-10 days in the magical highlands of Iceland, these tours we operate under the name of RIDING ICELAND www.ridin

Viking Heliskiing

Viking Heliskiing specializes in heliskiing trips in the north part of Iceland. Our headquarters are located in Ólafsfjorður and Tröllaskagi (the Troll peninsula) is our main heli-skiing area, a wo

Arctic Heli Skiing

Jökull Bergmann is the founder and lead guide of Arctic Heli Skiing. As Iceland's first and only UIAGM-IFMGA certified mountain guide it is his and the entire team's pleasure to make your mountain ad

Star Travel

Star Travel was founded in June 2013. We are a small family company in Akureyri, we travel in a small groups and our goal is always having a personal service. We have a day tours, Northern Lights tour

Scandic Mountain Guides

Scandic Mountain Guides specializes in ski touring trips during the winter time and hiking tours in the summer time. We are an Icelandic company, located in the valley of Ólafsfjörður fjord in the

Húsavík Ski Area

The skiing area at Húsavík is right on the town's doorstep. Reykjaheiði ridge provides excellent cross country skiing opportunities as does the area around the lake Botnsvatn and the lava fields of

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Icelandair hotel Mývatn

Icelandair hotel Mývatn is a brand new 59 room hotel, opened in July 2018. It was rebuilt on a solid foundation, where you get to be you in a relaxed and simple environment. Kick off your shoes - an

Sport Tours

Sport Tours is an authorized Travel Agency by the Icelandic Tourist Board and has been operating since 1994.

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Bakkaflöt Travel Service

Bakkaflot is located by road number 752 about 10 kilometers from road number 1 at Varmahlíð in North Iceland. At Bakkaflot you can go river rafting in the Austari Jökulsá river and the Vestari Jökulsá river.

Tindaöxl Ski Area

Ólafsfjörður offers ideal conditions for winter sports. The neighbouring mountains and valleys offer excellent terrain for snowmobile touring and the environment is particulary well-situated to ski

Böggvisstaðafjall Ski Area

Dalvík is only a 35 min. drive from Akureyri and has one of the best skiing areas in the country. There is a wide variety of runs suitable for all members of the family, one of the slopes being flood

Sauðárkrókur-Tindastóll Ski Area

The Tindastóll ski area is particularly well-suited for the entire family. The slopes are now equipped with a new snow production system which has ensured better snow conditions and represents an exc

Others

Hey Iceland

Síðumúli 2
108 Reykjavík
570-2700

Arctic Surfers

Eyjaslóð 3
101 Reykjavík
5512555, 691-2345

Wide Open

Aðalstræti 54a
600 Akureyri
659-3992

Arctic Nature Experience

Smiðjuteigur 7
641 Húsavík
464-3940, 464-3941

Boreal Super Jeep Tours

Austurberg 20
111 Reykjavík
8646489

Arctic Freeride

Bylgjubyggð 41
625 Ólafsfjörður
848-4668

Icelandic Adventure

Hrafnagilsstræti 38
600 Akureyri
6601642

Iceland Unlimited

Borgartún 27
105 Reykjavík
415-0600

Iceland Untouched

Meistaravellir 11
107 Reykjavík
696-0171, 696-0171

Ski Service - Akureyri

Fjölnisgata 4b
603 Akureyri
462-1713

The Skating Arena

Naustavegur 1
600 Akureyri
461-2440

GJ Travel

Vesturvör 34
200 Kópavogur
5205200

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North Iceland

Towns & Villages

Society and the economy have many faces. Whereas agriculture is the mainstay of rural areas, the towns depend upon fishing, industry, trade and a range of services, with each village having its own characteristics though they all prove hospitable hosts.
The availability of food and accommodation and the possibilities at every location for recreation and entertainment make hopping between the villages informative as well as fun.
In every case, the residents are lively and ready to celebrate.

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Visit North Iceland
Hafnarstræti 91
600 Akureyri, ICELAND
info@northiceland.is
Phone: 00 354 462 3300
Members of Visit North Iceland have all the required permits that are needed in tourism in Iceland and they take part in the joint marketing affairs for the region.

All Weather stations

Aurora forecast

When to see the Northern Lights in Iceland?
The best time is between 21:00-03:00 although they can often be seen early evening or during the night. The official Northern Lights season in Iceland is from October till March. The more activity the more likely it is that you will see the northern lights but that is not all. There is never a guarantee of spotting the northern lights, but northern lights forecast by vedur.is are good. Clear skies are necessary, when we have clear skies in Iceland It is usually cold. So be sure to wear the right clothing.
Northern Lights Forecast
The Icelandic Met Office does Northern Lights Forecast which is good to use.
Visit the Icelandic Met Office www.vedur.is, for more info.

Driving in Iceland

Always check the road conditions
The weather is not the same in different regions of Iceland. Here below are good websites to use when traveling in Iceland in winter. Vedur.is is the official website for weather in Iceland. But it doesn’t always give the right picture road.is, the website for the Icelandic Road Administration, is the best website to use if you use it right.If you are unsure then you can call 1777 and ask for the conditions (open 06:30-22:00) or 1778 an automatic telephone service open all day.

Driving in Iceland can be tricky - but if you listen carefully to Elfis you should be fine.

Safe travel in Iceland

To make travel in Iceland safer - for your safe return
Safetravel.is is run by ICE-SAR and is part of a bigger project, simply named Safetravel. In that project a number of companies, public institutions and individuals join hands and the goal is to lower the rate of accidents in travel and tourism in Iceland.

The 112 Iceland app can be used for two things, both for added safety on your Iceland trip.
First of all you can call for help by pressing the red Emergency button. Your location will be sent by text message to the 112 response center. Remember that even though your phone shows no signal there is a possibility that you can send text message.

The green Check In button is for you to leave your location with us so if something happens we have more information to work with. Only the 5 last locations are stored and we recommend you use this – don’t worry – you are not disturbing anyone – except for our big computer who wants to be disturbed.

On Safetravel.is you can find extensive amount of information which can help you plan your travel to and around Iceland in more safe and secure way.

Vakinn

Vakinn is the official quality and environmental certification run by the Icelandic Tourist Board. The aim of Vakinn is to strengthen quality, safety and environmental awareness within Icelandic tourism and support and promote social responsibility of tourist service providers

Vakinn certification is a confirmation that companies operate in a professional and responsible manner, with quality and environmental focus.

Only tourism businesses that maintain high standards in all aspects of business practices and meet Vakinn's comprehensive assessment criteria have earned the right to carry the Vakinn logo.

Certified companies are listed on our website vakinn.is