Akureyri, the largest town outside Greater Reykjavik, is situated on the inner section of Eyjafjörður fjord. It is an old trading station and also an important fishing town and still gets heated with geothermal water from Laugaland in Eyjarfjörður.

On the hill above the old town is Lystigarðurinn, a park and botanical garden with specimens of almost all native Icelandic plants as well as hundreds of foreign ones. Just north of the town is a skiing resort on Mount Hlidarfjall, which is among the best in the country.

In the town itself you can enjoy sightseeing tours, angling in lakes, rivers and the sea and a great night life.