Few places in the country are as beset by fog as Djúpivogur. Few settlements are as picturesque as Berufjördur / Djúpivogur. Despite the fog and sea breeze, the highest ever temperature in the country was recorded at Teigarhorn, just south of Djúpivogur, at 30.5°C on June 22, 1939. The highest temperature in the country, but not an official record, is also from Teigarhorn, a little over a year later when the thermometer reached a whopping 36°C! Only six times—since official measurements began well over 200 years ago—has the temperature exceeded 30°C in Iceland. Djúpivogur has been a harbour and trading post since the settlement of Iceland. Hanseatic merchants were prominent there from the mid-15th century until King Christian IV of Denmark established a strict trade monopoly in Iceland in 1602. Djúpivogur was one of twenty harbours / towns where trade took place until the monopoly was finally lifted in 1787.
Here are some snapshots from Berufjördur and Djúpivogur, located in the southernmost part of the East Fjords, and only 550 km away from Reykjavík.
Iceland 27/02/2024: RX1RII, A7RIII: 2.0/35mm Z, FE 1.4/50mm Z, FE 2.8/90mm G, FE 2.8/100mm GM
Images & text: Páll Stefánsson
