NS 29 Practical information

29th Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research
Shaping mobile futures: Challenges and possibilities in precarious times

21-23 September 2021 • Akureyri, Iceland

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The venue

The conference will take place at the University of Akureyri - Sólborg. The university is located in a beautiful area in the heart of Akureyri.

Getting to Akureyri

• Driving to Akureyri from Keflavík airport takes just over 5 hours
• Icelandair runs flights between Akureyri and Reykjavík's domestic airport (45 minutes). Akureyri Airport is 3km south of the city centre.
• Strætó offers scheduled bus tours, route 57, between Akureyri and Reykavík.

Getting around in Akureyri

• By foot: you can easily get around and explore Akureyri on foot
• City buses: city buses are for free in Akureyri. Click here for the timetable.
• Taxi: Taxi BSO is operating 24 hours a day. Tel: +(354) 461 1010

 Things to do

• Akureyri: Please visit the Official travel guide to Akureyri
• North of Iceland: Please visit the Official travel guide to North Iceland
• Iceland: Please visit the Official travel guide to Iceland

 Covid-19 rules and regulations

• Before you travel please read the latest Covid-19 travel information
• The University of Akureyri in regard to Covid-19 

 Trivia

The University of Akureyri - UNAK - was founded in 1987. UNAK offers programs in social sciences, media studies, nursing, occupational therapy, teacher training (preschool and primary school), biotechnology, law, police science, modern studies, psychology, fishery studies, computer science and business administration. All the studies are offered at undergraduate level, many at graduate level and some at PhD level.

Akureyri, the capital of the North!, is situated deep in one of Iceland longest fjords, Eyjafjörður wich coastline stretches around 60 km inland from the seaward end. Akureyri and the Eyjafjörður area are the most populated sites of Iceland outside of the capital area. The town became a certified trading post by the Danish monopoly trade in 1786 and is still an important service centre for North Iceland.