The well-managed tourist office has a little museum with antique boats, stuffed birds and a movie of local life in the 1950s and '60s. There's a small on-site cafe (snacks from 600kr), plus lots of Westfjords information.
Reykhólar Tourist Office Museum
The Westfjords
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Norður Salt, on the point in Reykhólar, processes sea salt from the local salt bays. You can peek in its windows.
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This hot pot with a view across the Dalir region is close to the original pool (now buried under a landslide) where the woman at the centre of the…
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The small Sheep Farming Museum, 12km south of Hólmavík, details the region’s farming history through photos and artefacts.
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The multilingual displays at this award-winning museum brilliantly convey dark, dramatic tales. Unlike the witches of New England's Salem trials, most of…
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Legend has it that this stumpy rock stack is the remains of a petrified troll and Uxi, her bull, is the formation out at sea near the island of Grímsey…
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Stykkishólmur’s jagged peninsula pushes north into stunning Breiðafjörður, a broad waterway separating the Snæfellsnes from the looming cliffs of the…
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