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Episode 657 - SÆUNNARSUND 2025

Today on RÚV English Radio, the Westfjords sea-swim happening tomorrow.

Sæunnarsund (https://saeunnarsund.is/) sees over thirty brave souls swim across Önundarfjörður from Flateyri. It's a two-and-a-half kilometre crossing, it's cold, and it can be choppy.

But why does this swim happen? The answer - the reason for the birth of this event - is remarkable and wonderful.

Organiser Bryndís Sigurðardóttir met Darren, to tell him the story.

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29. ágúst 2025

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