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Eskifjörður is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Reyðarfjörður, 23km from Fjarðarheiði Pass (Road to Seyðisfjörður).
Eskifjörður is a town located in Iceland. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Eskifjörður (in original spelling; Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈɛscɪˌfjœrðʏr̥] ), or Eskifjördur, is a town and port in eastern Iceland with a large fishing industry. With a population of 1,043 it is one of the most populous towns in the municipality of Fjarðabyggð.
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Eskifjörður is located in Iceland, Europe. The coordinates are 65.0731 latitude, -14.0152 longitude.
Eskifjörður has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in Iceland.
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Full driving guide for Iceland2 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
Artists' town of Norwegian timber houses at the head of a 17 km fjord, reached over the switchbacks of Fjarðarheiði. The rainbow-painted street leading to its powder-blue 1922 church is eastern Iceland's most famous photo.
21 km · about 25 min drive
mountain pass
The 620 m mountain pass on Route 93 from Egilsstaðir, ending in a famous switchback plunge to Seyðisfjörður's fjord-bottom village: the road Walter Mitty longboarded in the 2013 film.
23 km · about 25 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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