South Coast · Sports & events

Guided glacier walks in summer and ice-cave trips in winter run from the outlets of Mýrdalsjökull above Vík, and they head Vík's own list of what the village sells. Crampons and a guide are the entire point — the ice is crevassed and it moves.

Riding out over the sand and the river flats is one of the standard South Coast half-days, run from farms between Hvolsvöllur and Vík. Icelandic horses and the extra gait make it manageable for people who have never been on a horse.

Reynisfjall, the ridge above the black beach; Hatta, the hill behind the village; and Hjörleifshöfði, the isolated headland out on the sand east of town. All three start from or near Vík rather than a car park 40 km away, and all are short enough to fit around a bad forecast.

The village has a course, as small towns in Iceland generally do. It is cheap, the season is short, and it is played in weather that would close a course almost anywhere else.

Nothing on this coast plays in the Besta deild karla. Selfoss, the region's largest town at 8,832 people, plays below it, and the top division sits in the capital area with Keflavík and Þór Akureyri joining for 2026. Vík is 187 km from Reykjavík, so a top-flight match is most of a day out.