Reykjavík
Whale watch + Kopar dinner
Three hours on Faxaflói looking for humpbacks, then a slow seafood dinner looking back at where you were.
More about this plan
Whales happen here. Not always, not on command, but often — humpbacks near the shore, minke further out, dolphins in pods, and puffins if it is summer. Dress like you are going skiing; the wind on the flybridge is nothing like the wind on land and the sun off the water is deceptive. Binoculars if you have them.
Three hours is enough that you will see something and enough that you will both be genuinely cold when you get back. Which is the point of the next part.
Walk five minutes along the harbour to Kopar on Geirsgata. Glass walls, low light, small room. Order the langoustine, the arctic char, and whatever is on the blackboard. From the dining room you can see the dock you just stepped off. The whole evening is one long, quiet story.
The plan, stop by stop
- 1
Whale watching from the Old Harbour
Three hours out on Faxaflói bay. Humpbacks, minke, dolphins, puffins in summer. Dress warmer than you think.
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Dinner at Kopar
Harbour-front seafood restaurant on Geirsgata. Langoustine, char, whatever the kitchen is running as a special.