Tangabryggja (large ships)
Cruise quay opened in 2019 on the Oddeyri spit, used by larger ships.
Akureyri, Iceland
No cruise ships are scheduled in Akureyri today, Sunday 15 November 2026. The next is AIDAsol on Sunday 11 April 2027. Over the next 12 months, 117 calls bring about 205,000 passengers; the busiest day is Friday 9 July 2027, with 2 ships.
Ship schedule
Next 10 calls · all times local (Greenwich Mean Time)
April 2027
May 2027
MS Fridtjof Nansen
HX Expeditions530 passengers
Fri 14 May
ArrivalNot yet published
DepartureNot yet published
MS Fridtjof Nansen
HX Expeditions530 passengers
Sat 22 May
ArrivalNot yet published
DepartureNot yet published
MS Spitsbergen
HX Expeditions335 passengers
Sun 23 May
ArrivalNot yet published
DepartureNot yet published
MS Fridtjof Nansen
HX Expeditions530 passengers
Sat 29 May
ArrivalNot yet published
DepartureNot yet published
Showing 10 of the next 50 calls
Cruise Ships in Akureyri
Today and the next 7 days · all times local (Greenwich Mean Time)
Today · Sun 15 NovNo ships
0 people in port
No cruise ships today
Next 7 days
- Sun15 Nov–No ships0 ships
- Mon16 Nov–No ships0 ships
- Tue17 Nov–No ships0 ships
- Wed18 Nov–No ships0 ships
- Thu19 Nov–No ships0 ships
- Fri20 Nov–No ships0 ships
- Sat21 Nov–No ships0 ships
Thousands of people in port, guests plus crew. Crowd level compared with a typical Akureyri day.
Planning a day in Akureyri?
The crowd calendar shows every ship and how busy the port is, hour by hour, plus the quietest and busiest days for the next 90 days.
Getting to the Akureyri cruise port
Hof Cultural Centre / town centre → Tangabryggja
0.7 km · ~10 min by car
About 700 m, a flat 10-minute walk.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Walk
Freeper person
Varies
About 10 minutes.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Driving to the port
The town is walkable from both quays. On the busiest days a ship may anchor in the fjord and tender passengers ashore.
Akureyri Cruise Terminals
2 terminals
Eating in Akureyri
- Coffee per item
- ISK 790–830
- Breakfast per person
- ISK 2000–4000
- Casual lunch per person
- ISK 4000–6000
- Restaurant dinner per person
- ISK 4000–16000
- Soft drink per item
- ISK 540
Prices are approximate, from cafes and restaurants in the town centre.
Where to eat
Hafnarstraeti (pedestrian centre)
Skipagata / Radhustorg (Town Hall Square)
Kaupvangsstraeti (Listagil)
Destination
About Akureyri
Akureyri is the largest town in north Iceland, at the head of the long Eyjafjordur fjord about 100 km south of the Arctic Circle. Its compact centre of colourful houses, cafes and shops sits below the hilltop Akureyri Church church, and the town's botanical garden is one of the most northerly in the world. Akureyri is the gateway to some of Iceland's best-known natural sights: Godafoss waterfall to the east, and beyond it Lake Myvatn with its pseudo-craters, lava formations, geothermal fields and nature baths.
Whale-watching boats sail from the harbour into the fjord. The port expects about 156 cruise calls in summer 2026, and ships berth on the Oddeyri spit, a short walk from the centre.
- Time zone
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- Currency
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Things to Do in Akureyri
Akureyri Church
Hilltop Lutheran church by Gudjon Samuelsson, with basalt-column-inspired towers, reached by a long flight of steps from the centre.
Akureyri Botanical Garden
One of the world's most northerly botanical gardens, with Icelandic and imported plants, free to enter.
Godafoss
The "waterfall of the gods", a wide horseshoe falls on the Skjalfandafljot river east of Akureyri.
Lake Myvatn
Volcanic lake area with pseudo-craters, the Dimmuborgir lava formations, Hverir geothermal field and the Myvatn Nature Baths.