IcelandBradt Travel Guides, 1 aug. 2014 - 454 sidor Replete with lava flows, colossal glaciers and thundering waterfalls, Iceland is one of Europe's most unusual destinations. This brand-new edition of Bradt's Iceland guide gives everything needed to break free from the pack and explore Iceland, a country increasingly accessible and affordable, on your own. Containing information on remote offshore islands, the uninhabited interior and Reykjavik's bustling music and art scene, this remains the definitive guide. Compared to 2011, 2012 saw a 13.8% and 32% rise in summer and winter visitors to the country respectively, of which over 25% were arrivals from either the US or UK. |
Innehåll
1 Background Information | 3 |
2 The Icelanders | 15 |
3 Natural History | 43 |
4 Practical Information | 69 |
THE GUIDE | 125 |
5 Reykjavík | 127 |
Iceland in colour ii | 182 |
6 Reykjanes | 203 |
9 Vestfirðir The West Fjords | 277 |
10 Norðurland vestra The Northwest | 313 |
11 Norðurland eystra The Northeast | 331 |
12 Austurland East Iceland | 395 |
13 HálendiðThe Highlands | 429 |
Language | 439 |
Further Information | 448 |
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Vanliga ord och fraser
Aðalstræti airport Akureyri Althing Arctic B/fast inc beds bike birds boat Breiðafjörður built café campsite church city centre city’s cliffs coast colour country’s daily Dalvík Denmark drive Egilsstaðir entrance eruption Eyjafjallajökull Eyjafjörður farm feel ferry fishing glacier Grímsey guesthouse Hafnarfjörður Hallgrímskirkja harbour Hekla hiking Höfn Hornstrandir Hótel Húsavík Iceland Ísafjörður Jón Keflavík kitchen Kjölur Kópavogur Lagoon lake landscape largest Laugavegur live located menu Mon–Fri mountain museum Mývatn nice offers ofthe peninsula private bathrooms puffins restaurant Reykjanes Reykjavík ring road river rock rooms Route sagas Sat/Sun Selfoss Seyðisfjörður shared bathrooms Skaftafell sleeping-bag accommodation Snæfellsjökull spot station stay Stykkishólmur summer swimming pool there’s Thingvellir tour tourist information town town’s trail trip valley Vatnajökull Viðey Viking visitors volcano walk waterfalls weather West Fjords Westmann Islands whale winter