Delve into the Old World
Experience the Viking Ways at Viking Loft
This is where the Vikings lived and died. But their culture did not die with them. It carries on to this day. In Viking Loft, you can find authentic Viking clothing and Viking-style clothing - beautiful designs based on the Viking concept but brought up-to-date with modern materials, created in the traditional manner. The result is a range of outfits that will turn heads anywhere for their flair and beauty. Set in the loft of one of the renovated green fisherman’s buildings down at the old harbour in central Reykjavik, Viking Loft is a centre for Viking culture and lifestyle. Besides the clothing for men and women, it is a resource centre with books, crystals, stones, herbal infusions and incense sticks created from a variety of Icelandic botanical elements. For a deeper look into Viking life, there is a chance to get a reading from a Völva - a Viking medium.

The Pub the Irish Brought
The Emerald Isle’s gift to Iceland: The Dubliner The country is Iceland.
The clients are international. The beer is cold. The music is live. The atmosphere is totally Celtic. This is the Irish pub that everyone comes to Iceland to find. This is the happiest pub in town. This is the Dubliner. Now you know why the Vikings stopped off in Ireland on their way here. They knew a good thing when they saw it. They swiped all the beautiful girls and the best beer and some of the men. Everyone knows what the Irish are like with some beer inside them. Out come the greatest singers and musicians, the most spellbinding story-tellers, the most eloquent poets…Need I say more? You can meet them yourself in this downtown pub where pleasure is just a pint away.

Much More than Free Soup
Dalvík’s 2,000 inhabitants have a lot more to offer than the free seafood soup they serve up for 20,000 visitors in August each year.
Wide range of tourist services
Attractions offered to visitors include whale watching, sea angling, hiking, horse-riding, skiing, heli-skiing, rock climbing, bird watching, laser-tag, golf, musical events, swimming pool, museums and, naturally, internet access. Available accommodation spans the entire range from hotels to sleeping bag accommodation. Berg Cultural Centre hosts numerous concerts, performances and exhibitions throughout the year. It also serves as a tourist information centre, where travellers find any information they may need about the area, activities and events. Internet is available in the library and there‘s a Hot Spot for internet access in the coffeeshop at the Cultural Centre. Arctic Island Hopping The imaginary Arctic Circle crosses Grímsey Island (pop. 100). The Sæfari ferry makes a 10 hour round trip Mon, Wed and Fridays. It leaves Dalvík at 9 in the morning, stops on the island for 4 hours, and returns to Dalvík around 7 in the evening. Sævar, the local ferry, provides frequent daily trips between Dalvík and Hrísey Island (pop. 200). The crossing takes 15 minutes.

30 Years supplying delicious hand-made bread and cakes at Mosfellsbakarí
Just over 30 years ago, a young couple worked together at a summer job in the Westmann Islands. Later, they met again, working with the herring in the very east, in Seyðisfjörður. Love blossomed and Ragnar and Áslaug married. They decided to start a bakery in Mosfellsbær. They wanted it to provide a real service to the then tiny community, so they added some tables and chairs in the cosy atmosphere of the warm bakery, so people could sit and chat over a coffee and cookies. That thoughtfulness, along with their growing range of delicious breads, cakes and pastries made them very popular. Travellers from Reykjavik would stop off on their way to the north.
Chocolate Lovers
An opportunity presented itself to open a branch in the capital and this, too, was soon thriving. Its reputation was enhanced when Hafliði, Ragnar and Áslaug’s son, started making his chocolate creations.