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After we already knew that the Westfjords were left by most tourists left, we were all the more pleased. The reason for the low visit are not the missing highlights, but the poor accessibility, especially in the winter months. Many roads lead through mountain passages, which are partially blocked over the entire winter months. We also had the slightest fear that the only way to get to Islafjördur (the largest city of the Westfjords with 3300 inhabitants) was only freed on the previous day. But for that we had a car with four-wheel drive added 🙂
So said done. After a last round trip of a fjord on the north coast with a bizarre rock formation in the sea and a short stopover to finally get rid of our Icelandponyfutter, we went into the Westfjords. Shortly after we had climbed the pass, we were dawned why the road is often times blocked. Because of the road was not much to see and we were driving only on a snow or ice layer. On the whole pass came a car and a clearing vehicle, otherwise we had the endless snow landscape for us alone. We felt almost like in the middle of Antarctica.
Once the pass was over, we were rewarded by an incomprehensible view of the Westfjords. And that was by no means all …
Due to the (even for Icelandic conditions) thin settlement, the Westfjords are famous for their wild animal life. As soon as we had half round the first fjord, we discovered a blue whale, which had made itself comfortable in the fjord. A few fjords further became even better! Although no one gave us really great chances, we escaped almost right next to the street a polar fox, which did not take for us a little to pose!