Things to do
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Askja
The most remote place in Iceland reachable by road, and the ground Apollo crews trained on before the Moon.
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Dimmuborgir
The drained plumbing of a lava lake, left standing as a collapsed citadel, and walkable on marked loops.
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Grjótagjá
A lava fissure lit blue from below, on private land, to be looked at rather than entered.
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Hverir Geothermal Area
The geothermal engine at its rawest, ochre and sulphur yellow, ten minutes off the ring road.
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Mývatn Nature Baths
The northern counterpart to the Blue Lagoon at a fraction of the crowd, looking out over a lava field.
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Skútustaðagígar Pseudocraters
The easiest walk in the district, through craters that were made by water rather than by a vent.
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Víti Crater at Krafla
A five minute walk from the car park to the rim of the crater that opened a five year eruption.
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