Day 3 – August 3, 2025 – Seydisfjordur [7 am to 6 pm]

 

When we woke up, we were docked in Seydisfjordur.  Seydisfjordur is an eclectic little town, tucked away at the end of a deep fjord in the east of Iceland. 

This town of 700 inhabitants was a former hub for herring fishing.  Now tourism from the cruise ships that stop here is the economic driver of the town.  Our ship anchored in the fjord and we were tendered to the dock; arriving on the dock at 10 am.  The fjord is beautiful with steep mountains rising sharply out of the water.  

Once on land, we did the short walk to the famous rainbow-painted street leading to the pretty blue church.  

Walking today was great, because the weather was just perfect – sunny and 56 degrees with a light breeze.  The rainbow-painted street is lined with small shops and restaurants.  

From there we did a 2.5-mile uphill trek to the cascading Gufufoss waterfall, which is located along the highway leading up and out of the fjord.  

Gufufoss

The trek back to town was very picturesque with good views of the fjord, town, and ship.  

After getting back to town, we took a break at the visitor’s center and walked around the town and wandered into a few of the gift shops.  There were lots of homemade crafts; mostly wool oriented.  We caught the 2 pm tender back to the ship and relaxed on the balcony; looking out over the fjord.  

We had dinner at the Luminae which featured Muscovy Duck as an entrée.  Excellent choice. 

Afterwards we went to the theatre show which had music from the “silver screen”.  They were great performers.  

From there we headed to the Ensemble Lounge on deck 5 for more music, but individual vocalist/guitarist.  

All very good and a nice way to wind down from a super day.  Returning to the room, we had a good view of the Iceland shoreline