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Hotel Laxarbakki
Hotel Laxárbakki offers wide range of accommodation, from economic room with shared bathroom to luxury room with private bathroom, cooking facilities and balcony or a romantic stay in our cozy cottage. Only an hour drive (96km) from the national airport Laxárbakki is very well located for a day trips around west Iceland.
Hotel's restaurant serves traditional Icelandic meals with organic ingredients, wines and beers.
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Camper winter service
Bjarteyjarsandur / Touch Iceland
Swimming Pools
Hlaðir Swimming Pool
Golf Courses
Leynir Golf Club
Swimming Pools
Akranes Swimming Pool
Winter adventure
The Settlement Center
Hostels
Borgarnes HI Hostel
Day Tours
Horse Centre Borgartún
Camping
War and Peace Museum
Camping
Akranes Camping Site
Swimming Pools
Borgarnes Swimming pool
Others
- Brákarbraut 20
- 310 Borgarnes
- 437-1333, 552-2202
- Kúludalsá
- 301 Akranes
- 897-9070
- Þórólfsgata 12
- 310 Borgarnes
- 661-7173
- Kirkjubraut 2
- 300 Akranes
- 896-1979, 864-1476
- Vesturgata 157
- 300 Akranes
- 770-6644
- Skagabraut 25
- 300 Akranes
- 824 1640
History and Culture
Hofrungur AK 91
Hofrungur AK 91 (Dolphin) was built in Akranes in 1955 and was for a long time part of Haraldur Bodvarsson's herring fleet.
Other attractions
Borgarfjardarbrú bridge
Borgarfjarðarbrú is the second longest bridge in Iceland after Skeiðarárbrú. It crosses Borgarfjörður, linking Borgarnes to Route 1 (the Ring Road) and connecting the town with other parts of Iceland. It spans 520 m and was opened on 13 September 1981, with repairs being done in 2012. Before the bridge was opened, the Ring Road crossed the Hvítá river 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) upstream of its mouth into Borgarfjörður at the bridge at Ferjukot opened in 1928.
Nature
Brakarey Island
Brakarey is connected to the mainland by a bridge. The island was named after Egill's nanny and Skalla-Grimur´s slave Thorgerdur brak, after Skalla-Grimur killed her and she drowned in the sea near it. From the island is a great view over Borgarfjord.
Nature
Skallagrimsgardur
In the heart of Borgarnes is Skallagrímsgarður, a small public park which is ideal for a picnic. The park plays an important role in Egil's Saga, as the burial mound of Skallagrímur Kveldúlfsson, Egil's father, is situated there. It is a good idea to relax in Skallagrímsgarður after a visit to Borgarnes swimming pool which is next to the park.
History and Culture
Light house - Akranesviti
If you are into photography or just interested in exploring new things in Iceland you need to look at Akranes lighthouses. Down by the harbour you will notice two lighthouses. The bigger one that is currently in use is open to the public so you can go up and enjoy the view from there and there is even a photography exhibition to enjoy in there.
Nature
Blautos
Blautós og Innstavogsnes
At the north western rim of the town Akranes is the estuary nature reserve Blautós and Innsatvogsnes. The river Berjadalsá runs out of the western part of mount Akrafjall and mouths into the cove. The area has an abundance of bird life and is amply vegetated. The landskape is spectacular and has interesting geological formations from the last glacial periods.
The area is used for recreation as it is close to the centre of the town Akranes and the recidents have their stables by the cove Innstavogur.
Many migration birds stop at the area and some birds breed there. Brant gees stay at Blautós and Innstavogsnesi during spring and autumn. It is estimated that about a quarter of the entire brant geese species come by in Blautós and Innstavogsnes and the reserve Grunnafjörður on their way between their winter quarters in Ireland and breeding grounds in Canada.
There are eider ducks breeding in the area and the eider farmers are free to continue their tradition of collecting the eiderdown in early summer.
The area is important as an informative area but also as a recreational area for hiking and riding.
Nature
Bjossarolo - playground
Bjossarolo is a playground for children in Borgarnes, not far from Edduveröld or the Settlement Centre .
It was constructed by Bjorn Gudmundsson, a man who was ahead of his time and thought about recycling. He used exclusively things that had been thrown away to build up this special place. At the playground there are for example swings, slides, an old boat, a castle and a lot more in a hollow enclosed by rocks not far from the sea.
And on going there you could look for shells or nice stones on the beach. The small, but very pretty park Skallagrimsgardur is not far away. There you can even find the grave of a saga hero!
Nature
Garðalundur park
Garðarlundur country park, protected for recreational use and the preservation of the typical landscape of the area. The areas' main characteristics are its rocky islands or bluffs that rise from the areas' vast flat wetlands.
Nature
Akrafjall Mountain
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 view from Reykjanes to Snaefellsjokull Glacier.
The mountain was smoothed on the top by a glacier and surrounded by water during the Ice Age.
It is easy to ascend the mountain from the Akranes Water Works car park, where a sign points the way to Haihnukur (555m), the shoulder on the right side of the mountain seen from Akranes. A visitor's book is at the top. A somewhat longer hike takes you to the highest peak in the range, Geirmundartindur (643m).
Nature
Geirsholmi
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 base for raiding the surrounding countryside.
The tourist service at Bjarteyjarsandur nearby offers storytelling trips about Geirsholmi.
Nature
Skessuhorn
Skessuhorn (967 m) is a particularly impressive and outstanding peak when the range is viewed from the north. Skessuhorn is located in Borgarfjörður it takes 5-6 hours to hike the mountain and you will need good equipment.
For the Children
Borgarnes swimming pool
In the sports stadium, you will find both an outside and an inside swimming pool, hot tubs, a steam bath which is fed with steam straight from the Deildartunguhver hot spring, a children's pool and water slides. All in all, an excellent health spa.
Nature
Hafnarfjall mountain
The mountain Hafnarfjall near Borgarnes is part of the same extinguished central volcano as Skardsheidi and is also about 4 million years old.
The mountain is 844 m in height and its sides are rather eroded. Most of the mountain consists of basalt, but on the north side there is a small crag, which is made of granofyr. The name "flatfish" indicates its form. Let the children discover it!
On the foot of the mountain is a small forest of birch trees where the authorities of Iceland practice reforestation. It is possible to hike up the mountain beginning near the bridge over the fjord at Borgarnes.
Nature
Nature
Nature
Langisandur
The coastline around Akranes is rich with bird life and there are many different types of beaches along the coast. One of these is Langisandur, a sandy beach and one of the most popular outdoor areas of Akranes. Langisandur is one of three Blue Flag beaches in Iceland. Guests are welcome to join the local Sea Swimming Club at Langisandur Beach three times a week. More information at the Akranes Tourist Information Office, e-mail info@akranes.is, tel: +354 894 2500.
History and Culture
Hallgrim's Church
Church built in 1957 as a tribute to the 17th-century hymn writer Hallgrimur Petursson, one of Iceland's best-loved poets.
Hallgrimur Petursson served at Saurbaer 1651-1669, a poor leprous pastor who composed Iceland's most widely known religious work, 50 Passion Hymns. Reykjavik's Hallgrimskirkja church is also named after him.
Hallgrimur was married to a woman who had been abducted from the Westman Islands by Algerian pirates and bought free again.
The church contains beautiful stained glass work by one of the first widely known Icelandic woman artist Gerdur Helgadóttir.
Museums
Borgarnes Transportation Museum and Lazy Town Museum
Winter adventure
The Settlement Center
Guesthouses
Blómasetrið - Kaffi Kyrrð
Camper winter service
Bjarteyjarsandur / Touch Iceland
Museums
Borgarnes Museum
Museums
Camping
War and Peace Museum
Crafts & Design
Ljómalind - farmers market
Museums
Akranes Folk Museum
Others
- Stillholt 16-18
- 300 Akranes
- 464-3460 , 862-6060
- Borgarbraut 57
- 310 Borgarnes
- 437-2277
- Háholti 11
- 300 Akranes
- 431-1887 , 695-8738
- Skúlagata 17
- 310 Borgarnes
- 896-8926
- Hlésey
- 301 Akranes
- 566-7326 , 699-3250
Hotels
Hótel Glymur
Guesthouses
Blómasetrið - Kaffi Kyrrð
Guesthouses
Englendingavik
Camping
War and Peace Museum
Museums
Akranes Folk Museum
Camper winter service
Bjarteyjarsandur / Touch Iceland
Restaurants
Cafés
Geirabakarí Café Konditori
Hotels
Hotel Borgarnes
Winter adventure
The Settlement Center
Crafts & Design
Ljómalind - farmers market
Hotels
Others
- Stillholti 16-18
- 300 Akranes
- 562-2962
- Innnesvegur 1
- 300 Akranes
- 431-1644
- Brákarbraut 3
- 310 Borgarnes
- 437-2017, 892-8376
- Digranesgata 4
- 310 Borgarnes
- 430-5600
- Brúartorg 6
- 311 Borgarnes
- 437-1282
- Hrafnaklettur 1b
- 310 Borgarnes
- 437-0110
- Smiðjuvellir 32
- 300 Akranes
- 581-2345
- Kirkjubraut 11
- 300 Akranes
- 4314343
- Dalbraut 1
- 300 Akranes
- 530-7066
- Þjóðbraut 9
- 300 Akranes
- 431-2061
- Esjubraut 45
- 300 Akranes
- 431-1650, 840-1728
- v/Brúartorg
- 310 Borgarnes
- 437-1259, 840-1782
- v / Brúartorg
- 310 Borgarnes
- 440-1333