Winter in Seyðisfjörður

Winter print of the picturesque Icelandic little town of Seyðisfjörður in the winter, printed on archival quality fine art paper. This landscape print is available in two sizes: 50x70 and 30x40 (cm).

Seyðisfjörður is undoubtedly one of the most captivating towns in Iceland. The town owes its unique charm to its fabulous location in the arms of a fjord and to its colourful houses. Add to all these cascades of waterfalls and you have quite a paradise.

Although the tiny Seyðisfjörður is located near the capital of East Iceland – Egilsstaðir, you get the impression of being somewhere far away, almost at the end of the world. To get there, you have to take a steep mountain pass, 600 m high.

This is the only road and in harsh winter conditions it sometimes becomes impassable. Then Seyðisfjörður really gets cut off from the rest of the world. We know something about it. We almost didn’t make it to get on board the ferry to Denmark once.

When I was taking this picture, there were crazy weather conditions in the mountains. Oddly enough, although the snowstorm raged above the town, the weather by the fjord was calm and quiet. The water in the fjord was completely still. It doesn’t happen that often, that you can see all the houses and mountains reflecting in the water here.

Because of the weather conditions on the mountain pass, there were almost no tourists in the town. Seyðisfjörður looked as if someone put a spell on it. Our lonely stroll through its picturesque alleys gave us incredible pleasure.