1) Landmannalaugar

Multiple short hikes

• great hiking area

• did a combination of shorter hikes there accessible with a 4x4 car (quite adventurous ride!) or bus

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2) Skogar to Thorsmork
2 days, 25 km length, 1100m elevation

• my favorite hike in Iceland;

this is also part of a long-distance trail that is supposed to be amazing; went back with a truck we booked at the end of the trail – drive back included a river crossing https://www.alltrails.com/de/route/iceland/fimmvorduhals

 

 

 

3) Peaks of Balkan 

10 days, 190 km length, 1700m elevation

• great hike through three countries (Albania, Montenegro, and Cosovo) through quite rural areas, staying with locals in small cabins on the way; cabins could be booked online even just a few weeks before the hike.

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4) Seven Sisters

1 day, 22km length, 77m elevation

• lovely hike along the British coast – you can go as long as you like, there is a couple of bus stops along the trail; great for kids, too
   

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5) Kerlingarfjöll

Short Hike

• another part of the Icelandic highlands; due to bad weather I only did a small hike around the area, which looks like from another planet; accessible by 4x4 car

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6) Trollunga

1 day, 25 km length, 1200m elevation

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7) Kjeragbolten

1 day, 12 km length, 1100m elevation

• Short, but rather steep hike to Kjeragbolten

• A bit scary to stand on top of this rock, but allegedly nobody ever fell so far… :)​

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