Out of the Wilderness
August 22nd 2008 We left our lovely hotel in Myvatn and continued on to AkureyrĂ. The Norse Viking Helgi magri (the slim) Eyvindarson originally settled the area in the 9th century. The first mention of AkureyrĂ dates back to 1562 when a woman was sentenced there for adultery! Permanent settlement at AkureyrĂ started in 1778 and the town was granted its municipal charter by the king of Denmark (and at the time
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