Isafjordur is much closer than you think.... Now there are four airlines with scheduled flights into Iceland. These are Icelandair, Iceland Express, SAS and British Airways. As far as we can see there are direct flights to Iceland from the following 28 cities during the summer months: Alicante, Amsterdam, Baltimore, Barcelona, Basel, Bergen, Berlin, Boston, Copenhagen, Eindhoven, Frankfurt, Friedrichshafen, Glasgow, Göteborg, Halifax, Helsinki, London, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Minneapolis/St. Paul, München, New York, Orlando, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm, Zürich....
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Clipper Venture's VELUX 5 OCEANS solo round the world yacht race started last Sunday from Bilbao, Spain. One of the seven yachtsmen competing is former owner of AURORA, the legendary Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. Sir Robin was the first man to ever sail single-handed, non-stop around the world, in 1969 when he won The Sunday Times Golden Globe race on board his yacht ‘Suhaili’. Back then, his record-breaking circumnavigation took a monumental 312 days, during which Sir Robin lived off rain water caught in a bucket. This time, at the age of 67 he hopes to take around 200 days off his 1969 record in his state of the art Open 60 ‘Saga Insurance’....
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Looking to fine-tune your cross-country skiing for the season? The Fossavatn training camp is scheduled for November 23-26, in Isafjordur, Iceland. The action-packed weekend starts on Thursday night (Nov 23th) with some easy skiing in our light-trail. On Friday and Saturday there will be two workouts each day, plus presentations and "evening chat". The camp then ends with a Sunday morning workout before it is time to head back home. The training camp, including groomed trails and instructions by Norwegian coach Ashild Sporsheim, is FREE OF CHARGE courtesy of Fossavatn Ski Marathon....
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We have made an effort to tie our trip schedules to local events in the Isafjordur area. These can be local festivals, sports events etc. We try to encourage our guests to extend their stay in Iceland and participate in other activities before or after our trips. Our good friends at WEST TOURS (Vesturferðir) are more than happy to assist you with travel or hotel bookings all over Iceland. Here is a list of some of the local events.........
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