Jamie is an experienced science, technology and travel journalist and stargazer who writes about exploring the night sky, solar and lunar eclipses, moon-gazing, astro-travel, astronomy and space exploration. He is the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com and author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners, and is a senior contributor at Forbes.
It's been 25 years since a total solar eclipse passed through Europe, but on Aug. 12, 2026, totality will come to the extreme northwest and southwest of the continent.
Cruise ships will either visit Scoresby Sund in Greenland or catch the longest possible totality just west of Iceland during a circumnavigation of the island nation. The country's capital and largest city, Reykjavik, will be a hive of activity for this eclipse, though it will pay to be mobile, with the Reykjanes Peninsula and the Snæfellsnes Peninsula both potential viewing regions.
Ibiza, Formentera and Menorca may be easier and more affordable options, but totality there will be much shorter.Here are some of the places eclipse chasers will gather for the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026: This is an eclipse with a dilemma."In a way, Iceland is better because the sun will be higher in the sky," Graham Jones, an astrophysicist and science communicator at, told Space.com."By the time it reaches Spain, it's very low, which can be problematic.
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