Ásbyrgi
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- Best time to go
- June–August
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Ásbyrgi is a horseshoe-shaped glacial canyon in northeast Iceland, roughly 3.5 kilometres long and up to 1.1 kilometres wide, with cliffs reaching 100 metres on both sides. A densely wooded island of birch and willow — the Eyjan or 'Island' — rises from the canyon floor and provides trails through unusual interior forest. Norse mythology attributed its formation to Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse, pressing one hoof into the earth.
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