So this is the Airbnb that started it all. It's important to point out that our unit was one of 3 that were in the same property/house. The walls were mostly insulated and all those things are fine and dandy, but the view was beautiful. Because the home is outside of the main city of Akureyri, you're actually overlooking the town at night. It also made it amazing to watch the Northern Lights during dinner on our first night.
Akureyri isn't somewhere I would recommend staying very long during the winter. It's pretty remote considering you can fly there or drive 6 hours along Road 1. That aside, it was a super relaxing aspect of our vacation because we spent a lot of time just chilling out and driving.
This Airbnb was a last minute booking, as we originally were going to sleep in the car, like it was a camper... But that didn't pan out as the weather was shaping out to be much colder than it traditionally is each year.
We stayed in Glacier Inn, and it was basically a house treated like a hostel. It was super clean and I appreciated that, but I definitely would say I'm not a fan of forced community interactions. The other guests were nice. If your'e looking for quiet time like we were, then you end up looking like a snob for not interacting. Most of the house is living room and kitchen, so it felt like the experience is centered around having a shared space.
This Airbnb is cool because it's so close to all the really famous waterfalls on the southern half of Iceland. I think it can be off putting because you're literally on a cow farm, and it smells like it outside. The inside is very clean and the rooms were really nice. The story of the host is even cooler. I detailed some of it on my other blog. Since the only common area is the kitchen, you can duck out whenever you're done and not feeling up to chatting with people.
This place was great! The Airbnb is an annex in the back of the property. There's a reasonable amount of street parking, and it was literally a 5 minute drive from downtown. The host was super nice and the Airbnb felt like it was just a super nice apartment. Since the travel time was so short to town, it was super easy to drop stuff off at home and head right back into town.
Time travel is a thing! We traveled back into time to get to Williamsburg. I don't know if you noticed, but I specifically pointed out elevator on the other NYC Airbnb. It's important because this one was a walk-up, so there were no stairs... And we (Tam) were carrying bags up 4 floors. Williamsburg is super trendy and really great to walk around, while pretty accessible to Manhattan. The roof was excellent here, and we had a beautiful view of the NYC skyline. According to our host, there's a lot of good food in the area as well.