Name: Óshlíð Coastal Road and Cross Monument
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Óshlíð Coastal Road and Cross Monument

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Location: Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður, Iceland

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1. View of Ísafjörður Fjord – View of Ísafjarðardjúp loop from Ísafjörður

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540m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. View of Ísafjarðardjúp – View of Ísafjörður Fjord loop from Ísafjörður

51.3km

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880m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Elvar

July 20, 2019

Óshlíð is the old road between Bolungarvík and Hnífsdalur. The construction of the road started in 1950s and it served the people of Bolungarvík as the only connection to Iceland's roadsystem. Since 2010 the road is not used by cars any more because of the new Bolungarvík-tunnel but people have been using Óshlíð as an outdoor recreational area. The paved road gives perfect conditions to bikers and runners that want to be closer to nature. You feel really small under the enormous cliffs that seem to be hanging by a thread 300 - 400 meters higher. Óshlíð is known for the bad road conditions due to avalanches, rock slides and stone falling. The road has also lost a part of the paved lane in some places due to bad weathers and the sea has been eating it's way into the land. Tourists are therefore advised to take care on the way and leave the car on either side of the pass. If you will drive the road and something happens, neither the car or the passengers are insured. We recommend Óshlíð especially during the bright summer nights, because you will nowhere get a better glimpse of the sunset then from Óshlíð and Óshólar. Information signs are at Hnífsdalur where Óshlíð road begins and there is also a perfect place to stop and have a little coffee after you park the car and start walking into the sunset.

oro96

June 27, 2023

Brilliant road between the cliff and the sea. The road gets the latter bit by bit. In some places it is just the width of a bicycle between the edge and the vegetation. Large boulders are always lying on it, falling rocks are quite possible. Despite everything, a magnificent view and breathtakingly beautiful, especially when the lupines are in bloom.

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René

September 3, 2019

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Location: Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður, Iceland

Óshlíð Coastal Road and Cross Monument

1. View of Ísafjörður Fjord – View of Ísafjarðardjúp loop from Ísafjörður

2. View of Ísafjarðardjúp – View of Ísafjörður Fjord loop from Ísafjörður

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