📜 Largest and only inhabited island of the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, formed by volcanic activity.
🔍 Known as a modern Nordic Pompeii after the dramatic 1973 Eldfell eruption.
🌋 Witness a landscape shaped by a powerful volcanic eruption
🚶 Walk the still-steaming slopes of Eldfell and the older Helgafell
🚢 Explore a preserved harbor, saved by a heroic community effort
🏛️ Visit museums detailing the island's unique history and geology
⛴️ Reach Heimaey by a 35-minute ferry from Landeyjahöfn
🚗 Landeyjahöfn is about 2 hours by car from Reykjavik
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