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Akureyri

Akureyri, with a population of around 19,000 (2019), is the largest town in Iceland outside the Southwest region, and the unofficial capital of North Iceland. Wikivoyage

Population 20,050 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Iceland

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Iceland
Tourist office · 560 m Tourist Information Center

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

All 12 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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