Brunnhóll

Light Pollution

Low light pollution — excellent dark-sky location

Getting There

A · Drive-up — park and you are there

Safety

Family farm guesthouse on Route 1 with open views to Vatnajökull, 30 km west of Höfn. Restaurant on site and a northern-lights wake-up call.

Parking

Free parking on site, signed directly off Route 1.

Nearby Viewing Spots

Getting Here Without a Car

Brunnhóll is about 199 km from Akureyri, the nearest tour hub — too far for an evening departure to reach and return. Getting here means driving yourself, or basing yourself nearby on a multi-day trip that already puts you under this sky at nightfall.

All 12 northern lights tours from Akureyri — compared on group size, hotel pickup and what happens if the aurora does not show.

Multi-day packages — Multi-day packages are usually based rurally rather than in a city, which is how a guided trip reaches this part of Iceland at all.

Stay at Brunnhóll

Brunnhóll is somewhere you can book a room, not just somewhere to park. Staying here means you are already outside when the sky opens, with no drive either side of it.

Closed mid-November to late January

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Plan Your Visit

Check current conditions on our Tonight page before heading out. Cloud cover and geomagnetic activity can change rapidly — the app updates scores every 5 minutes so you always have the latest data.

Learn more about the best time to see the northern lights and how to read aurora forecasts.