If ever there was a version of San Diego here in Iceland, I think this is it. Hip but not full of itself, seaside (like pretty much every other town in Iceland), and totally down-to-earth despite the fact that they´re referred to as 'Iceland's Second City,' Akureyri has a lot going for it. This is a picture from the rooftop restaurant near the harbor called Strikið. They´re famous for burgers with hollandaise sauce and spicy fries (on the burger) and hollandaise sauce-laiden pizzas. The burger was actually really tasty, don´t knock it until you´ve tried it (though I wouldn´t make a habit of it).
This is a picture of Akureyrarkirkja - the church of Akureyri. It was designed by the same guy who designed Hallgrimskirkja in Reykjavik. There´s a picture of that (that I did not take) below.
Also went to Lystigarður - the botanical garden here in town. Lots of beautiful stuff, if you´re a flower nut, you´d love it.
All for now, this 15-minute time limit is really, um, limiting!
1 comment:
ah sr. perro, this city (as San Diego) seems pretty cool too! not as remote as the other beautiful places you've been to, but very Icelandic-looking too, your blog is a perfect Icelandic corner, very cool!
that church's architecture is very interesting, hope i can make it one day to all these places, wow!! you did planned for the perfect places, huh?
and did you really eat hollandaise sauce??? wow!! Iceland must have really captured your heart heh heh
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