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Summer Solstice Festival

Summer Solstice Festival

The inhabitants of Grímsey, celebrate the summer solstice around 20th June each year with a festival, offering visitors a chance to participate in the celebrations.

The inhabitants of Grímsey, Iceland’s northernmost inhabited island and the only part of the country that lies above the Arctic Circle, celebrates the summer solstice the days surrounding 20th of June with a family festival, offering visitors a chance to participate in the celebrations.

In 2024 the Solstice Festival in Grímsey will be held 21st to 23rd of June

Experience extreme beauty on the Island of Grímsey and along with the midnight sun watch thousands of puffins and other seabirds www.grimsey.is

Opening hours and services:
Store: Daily between 15.00-16.00
Restaurant Krían: Friday 12.00-23.00, Saturday 12.00-21.00, Sunday 12.00-21.00
The pool: Friday 17.30-18.45
Gallery: Open during ferry stop

Transport:
The ferry Sæfari leaves from Dalvík at 09.00 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.
For bookings visit the ferry's website
Flights from Akureyri everyday, visit norlandair for further information and bookings.

 

 

When
June 21 - June 23
Where
Grímsey
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