Olafsdalur by Gilsfjordur is a small valley, surrounded by high mountains, where the first agricultural school in Iceland was established in 1880. The beautiful school-building from 1896 is open to th...

The museum is located in an 18th-century building at the tip of the small spit on which the town of Isafjordur stands. The museum gives a unique insight into the rich maritime history and culture of t...

Visit the family-friendly Icelandic Sheep Centre (Sauðfjársetrið á Ströndum), at Saevangur and learn how sheep farming sustained Icelanders through the ages. You can pet the lambs, take a hay-cart...

The Nonsense-Museum is a museum of a series of weird things and collections gathered from individuals with collector mania. One example is an incredible collection of more than a hundred Police caps f...

On the shore of Skotufjordur (Skate Fjord) is Litlibaer, a beautifully restored turf farm open to visitors from mid-May to mid-September.  Litlibaer (Little Farm) was built in 1895 and as many as 2...

Founded in 1909, Skrudur on the north shore of Dyrafjordur is Iceland’s oldest arboretum. The vicar at nearby Nupur was interested in botany and collected seeds from all over the country creating the...

The West Fjords area is renowned for its magic and sorcery. In the 17th century an unusually high number of people in this area were accused of sorcery and if convicted, were burned to death. As yo...

In the Kirkjubolsfjall mountain opposite the airport at Isafjordur is a ‘hanging valley’ called Naustahvilft from where there is a great view over the fjord and town. Legend says it was made when a hu...

According to legend, there is a tiny lake at the top of this cone-shaped mountain where ‘wishing stones’ can be found during the summer solstice.

Selardalur is 45 minutes drive north of Bildudalur at the end of a gravel road. This remote outpost is wedged into the last of nine short ice-sculpted valleys on the south coast of Arnarfjordur fjord,...