This is the second largest city in Iceland, a few thousand folks as I remember. We stayed in a proper modern hotel a few hundred meters from the harbor and literally in the shadow of the cathedral known as Akureyrikirkja. I think it would be a good place to live but for the traveler, it is awkward. You could stay here for a week and enjoy hiking, kayaking, horseback riding in the summer. Or enjoy skiing and snowmobiling in the winter. But we don't have that long and its the shoulder season, both too cold and too warm for these activities. And so, we visit the church, walk around the harbor, have a nice meal at the restaurant across the street from the hotel, buy a couple of books and a hat, and move on the next day.

These photos were taken in August 2007 mostly with a Nikon D200.