Byggðasafn Húnvetninga og Strandamanna

North Iceland


Located, 13km north of Staðarskáli, this regional museum includes the well-constructed interior of a 19th-century homestead and the shark-fishing boat Ófeigur, built from driftwood in 1875.


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