West Iceland Places to Visit

The country's western cliffs, covered with thousands of sea birds. This is not just the westernmost point on Iceland, but in Europe as well, and it is 180 km (120 miles) from Ísafjörður to the lighthous...

Snorri Sturluson, writer and politician, lived here. What are now a school and parsonage were once the residence of Snorri Sturluson. In the summer, there are concerts in the church. Hotel Reykholt offe...

The fish industry is the main occupation of the 3000 Ew. the largest town of the West Fjords, already in the 16th Century, a major trading center of the Hanseatic League was. With the dissolution of t...

If you meet elves and Vikings, then Hafnafjörður is exactly correct. Due to its excellent port facility was the location, just 12 miles south of Reykjavik, an important trading center and many centuri...

The 580 km ² large area in the far north is a hiker's paradise in which only the many abandoned farms, partly as a summer house used to recall the earlier settlement. Impressive are the species-rich v...

Here, at the gates of Borgarnes had Skallagrímur Kveldúlfsson Snorri Sturluson, and later her yard. Impressive front of the church is the sculpture of Ásmundur Sveinsson »Snorratorrek« - Egils verbild...