Tentative travel dates for 2025:
Depart (KEF) June 19, 2025 and depart North America three weeks later, returning to KEF July 10, 2025.
Snorri West participants will travel through Ontario, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and then have the option of adding on a week in Utah (July 10-17).
Itinerary highlights tentatively include:
Depart (KEF) June 19, 2025 and depart North America three weeks later, returning to KEF July 10, 2025.
Snorri West participants will travel through Ontario, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and then have the option of adding on a week in Utah (July 10-17).
Itinerary highlights tentatively include:
Ontario, Canada
Depending upon the timing of the two programs, joint activities with Snorri participants from North America will be held in Iceland prior to and after your return from the Snorri West trip.
You and your fellow participants will also give a presentation about your Snorri West experience at the Icelandic National League of Iceland’s (Þjóðræknisfélag Íslendinga or ÞFÍ) annual conference, usually held the Sunday after Menningarnótt at Hótel Natura, in Reykjavík. Please note that the date of the PFÍ convention in 2025 will be Sunday, September 7.
Itinerary and dates are subject to change.
- Toronto - the largest city in Canada, home of the CN Tower and gateway to Niagara Falls.
- Kinmount - Icelanders arrived in 1874, making it one of the first sites of Icelandic settlement in the country.
- Ottawa - the capital city of Canada, home to the UNESCO World Heritage site, Rideaux Canal.
- This UNESCO World Heritage site discovered in 1960, contains the archaeological remains of the Norse habitation under the leadership of Leifur Eiríksson (Leif the Lucky) from approximately 1004 A.D. This is thought to be the birthplace of the namesake of the Snorri Programs, Snorri Þorfinnsson.
- Halifax - the capital of Nova Scotia, with its harbor often called the gateway to North American settlers.
- Markland - celebrating 150 years in 2025 since the first Icelandic settlers arrived in 1875.
- Lockeport - also celebrating 150 years since the first Icelandic settlers arrived in 1875.
- Salt Lake City - the capital city of Utah, surrounded by the Rocky Mountains and the Great Salt Lake, home of the Mormon Temple and host of 2002 Winter Olympics and scheduled to do so again in 2034.
- Spanish Fork - the oldest continually inhabited Icelandic settlement in North America, celebrating 170 years since the first Icelanders arrived in 1855.
Depending upon the timing of the two programs, joint activities with Snorri participants from North America will be held in Iceland prior to and after your return from the Snorri West trip.
You and your fellow participants will also give a presentation about your Snorri West experience at the Icelandic National League of Iceland’s (Þjóðræknisfélag Íslendinga or ÞFÍ) annual conference, usually held the Sunday after Menningarnótt at Hótel Natura, in Reykjavík. Please note that the date of the PFÍ convention in 2025 will be Sunday, September 7.
Itinerary and dates are subject to change.
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Wondering what to pack?
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Wondering what to pack?
Read tips from former participants here.
