Iceland | Grimsey | Hiking to the Arctic Circle

Come with me to the Island of Grimsey, the Island on the Arctic Circle taking the Saefari ferry from Dalvik is a 3 hour ride. Grimsey is home to around 70 residents year round.

The island has a shop, restaurant, guesthouses, campsite, gallery, and a swimming pool, and of course the Arctic Circle markers, old and new.

We hiked to the original Arctic Circle marker and the to the Orbis et Globus (the sphere). The hike was flat but rocky and the elevation is pretty good at the end towards the sphere. The whole island is about 5.5 kilometers long so it's really hard to get lost here. Just be sure to know when your ferry is departing.

The Puffins leave the Grimsey to go out to sea in mid August, so sadly, we missed the Puffins by 10 days.

Flying into Grimsey at the end of August has to make pilots nervous, they drive a car up and down the runway to scare the birds off the runway, which doesn't last long as they go right back onto the runway, it was scary to watch.

The Grimsey church Midgardar did burn down on September 21, 2021 here is the article from the Iceland Monitor:
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2021/09/22/grimsey_church_destroyed_by_fire/

Having lunch on the island is expensive, we had it in our plans but lunch was about $57 us dollars with a beer, per person.

We did not make it to the lighthouse at the other end of the island, as we stopped at the restaurant.

The ferry is around $31 us dollars each way.
Saefari Ferry to Grimsey Island:
https://www.samskip.is/innanlands/saefari/boka-ferd/adra-leid-dalvik-til-grimsey/

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