Natural features
Geysir and Strokkur
Bláskógabyggð
The geothermal area of Haukadalur, where the original Geysir, which gave its name to all geysers, now rarely erupts.
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Natural features
Gullfoss
Bláskógabyggð
Iceland's most famous waterfall, the 'golden falls', where the Hvítá river plunges 32 m in two stages into a deep canyon.
Natural features
Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon
Hornafjörður
A lagoon at the foot of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier filled with icebergs that break off and drift slowly towards the sea, with seals swimming amon…
Natural features
Lake Mývatn and Námafjall
Laugar, Þingeyjarsveit
A volcanic lake in north Iceland surrounded by craters, lava formations and geothermal areas.
Natural features
Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach
Mýrdalshreppur
A black volcanic sand beach near Vík, with towering basalt columns forming a cave and the Reynisdrangar sea stacks offshore, said to be trolls turned…
Natural features
Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss
Rangárþing eystra
Two of Iceland's most beautiful waterfalls on the south coast.
Natural features
Snæfellsnes Peninsula and Kirkjufell
Grundarfjörður
A peninsula in west Iceland, often called 'Iceland in miniature', with the glacier-capped volcano Snæfellsjökull, black and golden beaches, lava fiel…
Tours and activities
Whale watching in Húsavík
Húsavík, Norðurþing
Húsavík, a small fishing town on Skjálfandi Bay, is called the whale-watching capital of Europe.
Natural features
Þingvellir National Park
Bláskógabyggð
A rift valley where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are pulling apart, and where Iceland's parliament, the Alþingi, met in the open a…
Tours and activities
Blue Lagoon, Iceland
Grindavík
A geothermal spa of milky-blue warm water in a black lava field on the Reykjanes peninsula, fed by water from a nearby power plant, rich in silica.
Buildings
Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík
Reykjavík
Reykjavík's landmark church, 74 m high, with a concrete façade inspired by the basalt columns formed by lava.
Tours and activities
Jet boat through Gullfoss canyon
Bláskógabyggð
A jet boat ride up the glacial Hvítá river into the canyon below Gullfoss, the huge two-tiered waterfall on Iceland's Golden Circle.