Westfjords · Sports & events

The town's club, and briefly the most improbable story in Icelandic football: Vestri won the 2025 Icelandic Cup, took a Europa League qualifying place, and were relegated from the top flight the same autumn. Home games are at Torfnes, the ground their sponsor renamed Kerecis-völlurinn.

Iceland's most historic ski race, run at Seljalandsdalur above Ísafjörður and part of the Worldloppet and Ski Classics circuits. Main races over 50, 25 and 12.5 km, night races at 35 and 70 km, and 5 km and 1 km family events; the 2027 edition runs 14–17 April.

Eight minutes' drive from the centre of Ísafjörður: three lifts and rental gear for downhill at Tungudalur, groomed cross-country tracks at Seljalandsdalur, and floodlights on both — so you ski in the dark under whatever the sky happens to be doing.

Borea Adventures run a 2.5-hour calm-water paddle from late May to mid-September and a five-hour fjord trip over roughly the same window, plus a bike-and-kayak day. The same outfit runs the summer boat into Hornstrandir and backcountry ski days from February to April.

Ísafjörður has an active mountain-bike club that builds and maps the trails on the slopes around the town; the regional tourist board sends riders to the club's Trailforks listings rather than publishing routes of its own. Bring your own bike — hire is thin.