Tentative - 2021 Itinerary Outline

Tentative travel dates for 2021:
Depart (KEF) and arrive in Minneapolis (MSP) on Friday, July 9, 2021 and depart North America on Friday, August 6, 2020 (return to KEF on August 7, 2021).  Snorri West participants will travel through the Central Corridor of North America, including: 

Minnesota 

• The metropolitan area of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul) 
• Minneota (actually three counties - Lincoln, Lyon and Yellow Medicine), at one time home to the largest concentration of Icelandic immigrants in the United States.

North Dakota 

• Fargo 
• The Icelandic communities, including Mountain, where you’ll participate in the community celebration of August the Deuce, and Cavalier, home to Icelandic State Park.  Enjoy viewing this  Self-Drive Guidebook of Icelandic Settlement in Northeast North Dakota

Manitoba 

• A week-long homestay in the metropolitan provincial capital, Winnipeg.
• The Interlake Region, originally the colony of New Iceland, including:
  • Gimli, where you’ll visit Icelandic Camp  and celebrate Íslendingadagurinn
  • Arborg
  • Hecla Island
  • Lundar
  • Riverton
  • Selkirk

In addition, joint activities with Snorri participants from North America will be held in Iceland prior to your departure.

You and your fellow participants will also give a presentation about your Snorri West experience at the Icelandic National League of Iceland’s annual conference, usually held the Sunday after Menningarnótt at Hótel Natura, in Reykjavík.
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​Itinerary and dates are subject to change.