AkranesGround: Norðurálsvöllurinn (Akranesvöllur) Visits: 1 Date: 20th June 2013 Match: Akranes - Breiðablik 0-3 (after extra-time, 0-0 at full-time) (Borgunarbikar) Attendance: 832
In July last year I visited Iceland for the first time in my life. I was supposed to go to four matches with the highlight being a visit to Hasteinsvöllur. Hasteinsvöllur is situated on Heimay, the biggest and the only populated of the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar), and is the home of ÍB Vestmannaeyja. Unfortunately it was very windy meaning the afternoon ferries to the island were cancelled and the match between ÍB Vestmannaeyja and Selfoss was postponed. As I left the island the following day I promised myself to come back one day. Going through my options for 2013 I decided to leave for Iceland the first day of my summer holidays and the plan was to visit six matches. I left for Copenhagen airport around 10am and despite a threat of strike and signal failure I made it to the airport. Shortly after 2pm my Icelandair flight left for Reykjavik and 3 hours later I was at Keflavik airport. In the summer there is a 2-hour time difference between Iceland and central Europe meaning I arrived at 3.15pm local time.
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Akranesvöllur
East End
South Stand
South Stand
VIP area
Close to the sea
Close to the sea
West End
North Stand
North Stand
Away supporters
Kick-off
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South Stand
A nice evening!
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Future stars?
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