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Looking for a quiet escape in Iceland? Try the Troll Peninsula

Take a winter road trip from Iceland’s second city, Akureyri, through a northern peninsula framed by fjords and punctuated by isolated herring-fishing villages.

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK).

In winter, the Troll Peninsula is a place where people come to be alone. Silence hovers over the piebald mountains, as thick as fog. Ice cracks audibly on the surface of fjords as solitary boats putter in and out of frosty harbours. The roads — not that there are many — feel empty. But there’s a quiet beauty in Tröllaskagi, this sliver of land on Iceland’s frayed north coast. And though it feels isolated, it’s now more accessible than ever thanks to the launch of budget flights from the UK to

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