Interesting places to visit

Akranes offers a wealth of interesting places to visit but no less worthwhile is a stroll through the old town itself.The bird life is varied and the shore around Akranes is clearly a place to explore and experience many different adventures.  Visiting the Museum Area in Gardar is a must. It is one of the most popular sites in Akranes.  Take time to relax at Gardakaffi and visit the cutter Sigurfari, as well as the largest collection of thimbles in Iceland – and find out what the “Field Mouse” really was...

Whale Fjord
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Whale Fjord (Hvalfjord) is 30km long and 84m deep. Whale Fjord was the site of much British and US military activity during World War II. Some ruins ...
Road no. 47 takes you to Whale Fjord (Hvalfjord)
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Akrafjall Mountain
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Akrafjall is a picturesque mountain close to Akranes. The mountain offers one of the best views in West Iceland across Faxafloi Bay and a panoramic ...
Beside the town of Akranes. Right turning from road no. 51, gravel road to the foot of the mountain.
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Hallgrim's Church
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Church built in 1957 as a tribute to the 17th-century hymn writer Hallgrimur Petursson, one of Iceland's best-loved poets. Hallgrimur Petursson ...
50 km from Reykjavík on the northern part of Hvalfjord.
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Light house - Akranesviti
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Light house - Krossvikurviti
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Staupasteinn
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A goblet-shaped rock and popular resting place for tourists. Close to Hvammsvik on the old national road around Whale Fjord. An elf by the name of ...
On the southern side of Hvalfjordur by the old main road no. 47 near Hvammsvik.
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Geirsholmi
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During the Sturlung Age 1220 - 1264, a company of men led by Svarthofdi Dufguson, a follower of Sturla Sighvatsson used the island Geirsholmi as a ...
Tiny island in Hvalfjordur.
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Light house - Hvaleyrarviti
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Blautos
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Blautós og Innstavogsnes  At the north western rim of the town Akranes is the estuary nature reserve Blautós and Innsatvogsnes. The river ...
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Glymur
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Grunnafjordur
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The estuary bay Grunnafjörður is situated north of mount Akrafjall.  It is a protected area according to the Ramsar convention of wetlands of ...
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