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The fjord, the cliffs, the wild neighbours

Photographs of Ólafsfjörður and the waters around it, plus a few stand-in images until photos from the tours themselves can be added.

Aerial view of Ólafsfjörður nestled between mountains and the fjord — Ólafsfjörður, North Iceland. Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0

Green summer fields and a snow-capped mountain above Ólafsfjörður — Ólafsfjörður in summer. Photo: Fabio Achilli, CC BY 2.0

Grassy fields leading down towards Ólafsfjörður and the sea — Fields above the village. Photo: Fabio Achilli, CC BY 2.0

A high sea cliff lit by warm evening sun — Hvanndalabjarg, Iceland’s highest sea cliff. Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0

Ólafsfjarðarmúli headland dropping into the sea — Ólafsfjarðarmúli. Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0

The rugged mountains of the Tröllaskagi peninsula — Mountains of Tröllaskagi. Photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0

The fluke of a humpback whale against the sea — Humpback whale diving in Eyjafjörður. Photo: Charles J. Sharp, sharpphotography.co.uk, CC BY-SA 4.0

A white-beaked dolphin close to the surface — White-beaked dolphin, Eyjafjörður. Photo: Charles J. Sharp, sharpphotography.co.uk, CC BY-SA 4.0

White-beaked dolphins swimming together — Dolphins in Eyjafjörður. Photo: Charles J. Sharp, sharpphotography.co.uk, CC BY-SA 4.0

Harbour seals resting on rocks at the water’s edge — Harbour seals, Iceland. Photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0. (Ytri Tunga — a stand-in until local tour photos are added.)

Seljalandsfoss waterfall falling in a tall white curtain — Seljalandsfoss, South Iceland — stand-in waterfall photo. Photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0

The sun setting over a wide North Iceland fjord — Sunset over Eyjafjörður. Photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0

Two people on a jet ski in open water — Jet ski on the water — stock stand-in, not photographed in Iceland. Photo: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0

Wildflowers in the foreground, with Ólafsfjörður in the valley beyond — Looking down on Ólafsfjörður. Photo: Ragnhild & Neil Crawford, CC BY-SA 2.0

A calm view along the coast at Ólafsfjarðarmúli — The coast at Ólafsfjarðarmúli. Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0

Most of these photographs show the real village, cliffs and wildlife of this coast. The jet ski picture, the South Iceland waterfall, and the seal photo from Ytri Tunga are free-licence stand-ins, to be replaced with Guðrún’s own tour photographs when they are ready. Full credits are in the project CREDITS file.