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The venue of the 29th Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research is at the University of Akureyri.

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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.