Norðurland eystra
Norðurland eystra (Northeast) is a region in northern Iceland, bordering Norðurland vestra, Austurland and Suðurland. It has about 32,000 inhabitants (2026); Akureyri is its main town. It includes Lake Mývatn and the Goðafoss and Dettifoss waterfalls.
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Bruggsmiðjan Kaldi
When fisherman Ólafur Þröstur injured his knee, his wife Agnes Sigurðardóttir saw a TV report on Danish microbreweries and decided to open one in their village of barely a hundred souls on the Eyjafjörður. In 2006, Bruggsmiðjan Kaldi became Iceland's first microbrewery: Czech-tradition beers developed with brewmaster David Masa, unpasteurised, with no added sugar or preservatives, brewed with water from Mount Sólarfjall. The success of Kaldi Blonde let the project grow: brewery tours, a bistro, a hotel and, since 2017, Bjórböðin, the first beer baths in the Nordic countries, with fjord views and draught Kaldi within arm's reach of the tub.
Einstök Ölgerð
Founded in 2011 in the fishing port of Akureyri, some 100 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, Einstök Ölgerð brews with glacier water that flows down Mount Hlíðarfjall through ancient lava fields. Under brewmaster Baldur Kárason, trained in Edinburgh, the brewery has turned its Icelandic White Ale, Arctic Pale Ale and coffee-infused Toasted Porter into references exported worldwide — the best-known ambassador of Icelandic craft. At its tasting lounge in Akureyri, visitors can touch the malts, Cascade hops and birch-smoked barley before sampling the beers at their freshest, served Viking-style on wooden tasting axes.
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