Justin Bieber Canyon, also known as Fjadrargljufur

Fjadrargljufur canyon, Iceland
photo: Agnieszka Mordaunt

Why the Justin Bieber canyon?

The story is trivial. In 2015, the music video for the song "I'll Show You"Performed by Justin Bieber. The largest part of the video was shot in the Fjadrargljufur canyon, which looks really nice in the pictures.
Due to the fact that the original name of the canyon is inhumanly difficult to remember (I omit the attempt to pronounce it), and the world likes simplification and quick and easy communication, the name of Justin Bieber's Canyon stuck to it in a split second.
The music video has almost half a billion (!!!) views on YouTube. We didn't have to wait long for the effects.
Half the world went mad about the canyon immediately and the number of visitors increased dramatically. The tourist load on the canyon has become so large that in 2018 the canyon was closed ... fortunately only for a while, needed for nature regeneration.
Since then, the canyon is periodically closed to tourist traffic when the state of nature requires it, and it is opened when the nature regenerates.
Disruptions in access to the canyon last at least several weeks. Currently, the wave of greatest popularity after the release of the music video is slowly declining and it may not be necessary to close the canyon with time.

I encourage you to see the photos of Fjadrargljufur in the famous music video. I share it below. It's really nice to watch.

Other objects in the music video

In the video you can also see some other objects that I described in the framework of Iceland guide - [click]. In addition to the canyon, I also noticed in the video:
- Seljalandsfoss waterfall (No. 25 in the guide)
- the Fjadra river flowing through the bottom of the Fjadrargljufur canyon (No. 22 in the guide)
- Solheimasandur black beach with the wreckage of the US Navy Douglas Dakota DC 3 plane
- green lava fields (No. 23 in the guide)
- Diamond Beach (No. 20 in the guide)
- Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon (No. 21 in the guide)

Fjadrargljufur canyon, Iceland
photo: Agnieszka Mordaunt

Let's go back to the Fjadrargljufur canyon

There was once a glacier in the place where we can now admire the canyon. As it melted, it retreated inland, and the water flowing downwards carried with it fine rock material which, in the soft rock, stubbornly, deeper and deeper carved the bottom of the canyon.
Today, the highest rock walls are up to 100 meters high. The rocks in which it was carved are 2 million years old, and the process of retreating the glacier and carving the canyon has been going on for about 10 years.

Fjadrargljufur canyon from the bird's eye view
photo: Thomas Fatin

Parking and visiting the Fjadrargljufur canyon

There is a small parking lot near the canyon, from which there are walking paths along the canyon. One of the paths goes up along the edge of the canyon. It is also possible to walk down the canyon bottom. There are three viewpoints on the route of the upper path, which I have marked on the map.
If you come here when the canyon is closed to visitors, you will still be able to see it from a special viewing platform.
The map with the location of the car park and the course of the upper path is provided below.

Fjadrargljufur canyon - map of the walk, location of viewpoints and parking lot.

Walking along the path marked on the map to all three viewpoints will take you about 60 minutes. Off-road shoes will come in handy.

Parking at the Fjadrargljufur canyon, GPS coordinates:
63°46’15.8″N 18°10’17.3″W
63.771048, -18.171478 - click and route

There are toilets next to the parking lot. There are no eateries here.

Accommodation near the canyon

Overnight in the canyon area may be a good idea. There are several accommodation options nearby, and other attractions are quite close from here.
First I will provide a link to the current one accommodation bases near the Fjadrargljufur canyon - [click]. The link is prepared in such a way that it filters objects from the closest to the canyon of the area.
In addition, you will find below a few specific proposals selected by me.

Fosshotel Nupar - [click]

Dalshöfdi Guesthouse - [click]

Hotel Laki - [click]

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    Jacek, I can't wait to follow your must-see points in Iceland. Great blog.

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