Hafnarfjörður

By bus, Hafnarfjörður is only about fifteen minutes away from our apartment, but it took us over two months to finally get around to visiting. The once proudly independent town is now little more than a suburb of Reykjavík, and though it doesn’t rank high on the tourism radar, Hafnarfjörður has fought to retain a history and identity of its own.

Hafnarfjörður’s main claim to fame is its incredible natural harbor; in fact the name means “Harbor Fjord”. Since the days of the settlement, this has...