Ships

Iceland Reykjavik | Tanker coming into Port under low cloud

Reykjavik Iceland | Container Tanker coming into port in front of (a rarely visible), Snæfellsjökull

I love ships (another ‘special interest’). I admit I have the Marine Traffic app on my phone and love looking up what ships are nearby, where they have been, and where they are going.

I was based on the seafront in Reykjavik for 4 weeks on my last trip (May 2025), and would keep an eye out for the the ships coming and going.

Iceland also has a few wrecks on the coasts, the Garðar BA64, which is an old steel whaler, beached at the end of Patreksfjörður, and the Höfrungur (Dolphin) AK 91 at Akranes.

Not a ship, but a suspension bridge near Ásbyrgi

The Brjánslækur ferry crossing from the Westfjords to Stykkisholmur on Snæfellsnes Peninsula. Snæfellsjökull behind.

Faroes | Golden hour on a cloudy day with the Danish Knud Rasmussen class patrol vessel, the P572 Lauge Koch, heading off down the fjord

Garðar BA64 on the beach, looking down the Patreksfjörður

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