Welcome to Akureyri

The Hostel in Akureyri is situated in the centre of the city, by the main road "Hörgárbraut". The town, offers many interesting and enjoyable sights and activities for the visitors. If you are interested in swimming, golfing or to go fishing, hunting, riding horses, take an adventurous trip on the sea, lakes or rivers then Akureyri is the town to wisit. All around, something is offered to suit everyone, such as trips to other towns, out to islands, or into the highlands to view mountains, hot springs, waterfalls, glacial rivers, volcanic craters, extraordinary landscape and other geological features. Highland trips are experiences never to be forgotten. Near the Hostel you find all the service a city has to offer. Assistance is provided for handicapped people.

In the hostel there are 2 kitchens with dining rooms. Rooms are available with showers and bathrooms. Akureyri Hostel also offers two new summerhouses which can accommodate 8 persons each and a cabin that takes 3 persons and is with a bathroom, and now our guests can enjoy the new Hot Pot situated in the garden.

In Akureyri you can buy a lot of guided day tours and longer tours, for example to Mývatn, Dettifoss, Eyjafjörður, Skagafjörður, Hrísey, Grímsey and Ólafsfjörður. There are daily tours to Greenland from Akureyri during the summer.

Opening times

The reception is open from 8:00 to 22:00 in June, July and August but from 9:00 to 20:00 the rest of the year