Is Iceland worth seeing in November and December?

Have a couple days -- a long wkd., either late november or early dec.


Can one see meaningful amounts of countryside that time of year in that
period of time? I'd fly into keflavik/reykjavik and try to find van
tours or the like. i do not want to drive.

all savvy off-top-of-head advice appreciated.

On 2005-10-10, Donald Newcomb <DRNewcomb@attglobal.NOT.net> wrote:
>
> If I had a free weekend in December, I'd go to Tunisia or some other place
> that's warm.

Thankfully there are other things to life than temperature.

sigvald@binet.is wrote:
>
> Jens wrote:
>>
>> the "Phallological Museum" in Reykjavik?
>
> The museum is now located in H=FAsav=EDk, North Iceland.
>

oh, I see, that's a pity. It would have been well worth visiting IMHO.

>> haven't been to iceland in winter but I don't think there are lots of
>> tours at that time. most public buses also stop operating. maybe you'll
>> have to drive yourself. The golden circle sites and the blue lagoon are n=
> ot so
>> far. 2 days should be enough time for that. with a bit more time, you can
>> have a look at some more waterfalls or see a volcano.
>
> A number of buses run also during the wintertime and there is more and
> more of services and tourist sites are open during the winter also.
>
Maybe my information is outdated (1995). Back then I remember that it
was not possible to do a circle along the ring-road outside of the
summer months (on public buses). Also other buses seemed to have had a
reduced schedule. It's good to hear that this has changed.

>> Having spend some time in northern sweden, in my opinion this is the
>> worst time of the year to go to that latitude. Enjoy your trip anyway
>
> Iceland is not as far north as northern Sweden and the winters are much
> milder than even in southern Sweden.=20
>
sorry for being not clear. cold is fine with me. I was rather referring
to November/December being rather grey at least in Umea (no snow, no
cold). How about Iceland around that time?