Going solo to Iceland for 5 days at the end of this month. Anything notable to see/do/eat?

>>2800496 (OP)
>see
Nature. Unfortunately, it's too early to see the Northern Lights.

>do
Take a dip in the Blue Lagoon.

>eat
All the meme foods.
>fermented shark
>sheep's head
>puffin meat
>horse meat
>whale meat
>Icelandic hotdogs

Rent a car. Public transport is next to nonexistent outside of Reykjavik.

>>2800505
Like anon said, although don't eat the puffin as it is not sustainable anymore and fucking up the species. The fermented shark is interesting. Blue lagoon is very touristy so Ill leave that up to you OP to decide.

If you can camp at Þakgil or rent a cabin. One of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Driving the south coast there will be signs pointing to all the main things to see you kind of don't need to plan it.

>>2800598
I'm gonna come and eat every puffin there is

What's on your itinerary so far? How far are you willing to go? I did the ring road in 9 days. Keep the questions coming.

>>2800724
Not OP here but I want to repost from QTDDTOT since that thread is fucking useless anyway. My family are also planning to do a self drive ring road in September. Here's the map of places we plan to visit so far.
Is 9 days enough to visit all of these?
Which car rental company would you recommend? At the moment there's 4 of us
Which cities/towns would you spend your nights at? Any recommendations on accommodation?

>>2801032
It's going to be tight, dynjandi in particular is quite out of the way. You're looking at 4-5 hours of driving per day not including stops.
Definitely stay in Akureyri and Vik. Also highly recommend visiting vök baths and brüarfoss

I have the option to visit Iceland in either late August or mid September, which would you all recommend? I'd be staying in Reyjkavik but would definitely plan to go to Thingvellir and check out some normie friendly hiking near Reykjavik.

>>2800496 (OP)
every view is a painting. nothing is overrated, except for anything associated with stuff in reykjavik, i don't care for cities
>>2800595
i recommend blue car rental
>>2801032
dynjandi should really only be on your list if you're willing to dedicate a few days to the westfjords. that region is beautiful but sparse. we spent ~5 days there most recently based out of isafjordur and there was a lot of driving.
otherwise, 9 days should be enough. we did it on a different trip in one week, but we also did it in may of 2021 and the country was empty.
food is incredibly expensive. we always stayed in an airbnb and brought food to cook, in addition to buying meat and skyr and produce in grocery stores like bonus or kronan. icelandic hotdogs for lunch every day though, so good
there will be some intense bouts of driving but it's worth it. see a roadside sign for a random waterfall? pull off, it'll be beautiful.
>>2802965
if you have any grass allergies at all, aim more for september. go to the sky lagoon after hiking. are you renting a car or relying on tour groups?

>>2802965
either way it's going to be cold as shit. Sure the thermastat may say 45-50 but with the wind blowing 30mph in your face it's miserable without very thick winter clothing.

>>2803534
>if you have any grass allergies at all, aim more for september. go to the sky lagoon after hiking. are you renting a car or relying on tour groups?
No allergies, definitely would be renting a car

>>2800496 (OP)
Do you have a plan? I was considering going to Finland for the WRC, but not really sure now.
Would you mind a 2nd tag along? I just really want to do landscape photography, but I think for Iceland you'd need a car (as in drivers license) or there is really no point. In Finland howwever I can use public transport since all stages are on the highway E63.

>>2803675
>>2800595
Lol exactly what I just mentioned in my post. My email: sven.baumer@tutanota.com

>>2800724

>>2803564
>>2803571
it'll be chilly, but just pack layers and you'll be fine.
what's funny is the icelandic people can brag all they want about how cold hardy they are, but once you go inside that shit is WARM. we vastly prefer to sleep in a cool/chilly room so we were opening the windows at night to let in some cool air (even if the allergies were terrible). municipal indoor heating is free in iceland thanks to all of their geothermal lines. each airbnb we got would be toasty on the inside.
idk about miserable, i was in a hoodie + rain jacket combo most of the time, with the occasional sweater, even in late august in the remote westfjords.
for planning, how many days would you be going? if you're only based out of one place in reykjavik, you'll have to have region-based days. get ready to drive. it'll be worth it, though

also, i stand corrected, it's not grass allergies, it's weed. specifically red sorrel.

also posting in case it's useful for anyone

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&mid=13tiCvchTcY2zgAKZMhV_ZgAuHwE&ll=63.99290136765608%2C-17.125378629569536&z=11

there's also a ton of stuff on vanilla google maps. we had one day dedicated to chasing waterfalls that we found in one general vicinity on google earth. it was a blast.

this was one of the stops on that day, and it was one of our favorite places ever:
oh well it doesn't like the google maps link
you will have to google Gjáin and find out for yourself

>>2803823
thanks anon, interesting map

>>2803822
A big part of being cold hardy is having a warm place to return to. Same with being heat tolerant. Having an air-con room to return to greatly increase your ability to handle heat.

I recommend these places to see/visit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eingvellir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geysir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seljalandsfoss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%B3gafoss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6kuls%C3%A1rl%C3%B3n
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagarflj%C3%B3t
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81sbyrgi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimmuborgir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akureyri
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgarnes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akranes

Is it true that Icelandic girls will fuck anyone and basically have fucked the entire town before settling down?

>>2800505
What's "meme" about horse meat?

>>2805706
yes. Iceland has pretty much the highest unwed motherhood rate on the planet. It's bad.