Must-see attractions in Ísafjörður

  • Westfjords Heritage Museum

    Ísafjörður

    Part of a cluster of historic wooden buildings by the harbour, this museum is in the Turnhús (1784), which was originally a warehouse. It's crammed with…

  • Museum of Everyday Life

    Ísafjörður

    Celebrating the magic of the mundane is the aim of the powerful, creative displays here, where shoes, books and mini-movies each come with personal…

  • Culture House

    Ísafjörður

    The intensely close-knit nature of Westfjords life is evoked in the 2nd-floor displays in what was once the town hospital. Look out for vintage scales for…

  • Ísafjarðarkirkja

    Ísafjörður

    More than 740 clay birds, arranged in flight soar above the altarpiece of this modernist church.They were made by locals during a group art project. Look…

  • Old Town

    Ísafjörður

    Ísafjörður's historic quarter borders it's eastern edges. Start explorations in Tangagata to see gabled, tin-clad homes, often brightly painted in…

  • Seamen's Monument

    Ísafjörður

    Ísafjörður's big bronze Seaman's Monument depicts two fishermen with their nets and commemorates those who've lost their lives at sea.

  • Whalebone Arch

    Ísafjörður

    Of minor interest is the whalebone arch made from a whale’s jawbone in the central town park.

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