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Nesbrauð
Great selection of freshly-baked, high quality breads, including sourdough and health bread. There is also a good choice of baked goods, freshly-made sandwiches and salads as well as the delicious soup of the day.
We also offer great coffees.
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Day Tours
Ferries
Swimming Pools
Stykkishólmur Swimming pool
Tourist Information Centres
The Ferry Baldur
Golf Courses
Mostri Golf Club
Others
- Hafnargata 4
- 340 Stykkishólmur
- 766-0996
Nature
Nature
Helgafell Holy Mountain
Holy Mountain, 73 m with a breathtaking panoramic view across Breiðafjordur Bay. A viewing dial is at the top.
Folklore advises anyone climbing the mountain for the first time to walk straight up without looking back or speaking and three wishes will be granted. The wishes have to be of good intent and the wisher tells no one and faces east when making them.
A small remnant of a wall on the mountain top is dated 1184 and was a part of a nearby monastery built at this time.
Nature
Berserkjahraun lava
Berserkjahraun is a 4000-year-old lava field situated on the Snæfellsnes peninsula.
It covers the western part of Helgafell, between Stykkishólmur and Grundarfjörður.
The name Berserkjahraun comes from one of the Icelandic Sagas, Eyrbyggja-Saga. According to the saga, a farmer brought two berserkers from Sweden to the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. He later gave the berserkers to his brother, Víga-Styr, who lived on the other side of the lava field.
One of the Swedes fell in love with Víga-Styr's daughter and asked for her hand in marriage. Víga-Styr made a deal with the berserker, he could have his daughter's hand if the two Swedes could clear a path through the lava field, connecting Víga-Styr's farm to his brother's.
The feat was considered impossible but the berserkers managed to complete the path quite quickly. Instead of keeping his promise, Víga-Styr had the two Swedes killed and buried them near the path.
The lava field was created after four scoria craters erupted in short intervals around 4000 years ago. The lava ran from the mountain slopes of Bjarnarhafnarfjall and out to the sea at Hraunsfjörður and Hraunsvík.
Nature
Drapuhlidarfjall Mountain
Drapuhlidarfjall Mountain is beautifully colourful. It is composed of sulphur, basalt, jasper, rhyolite and lignite. As usual with lignite deposits, fossiled plants and petrified wood can be found. Drapuhlidarfjall is 527 m high.
Crafts & Design
Leir 7 / Smiðjur
Museums
Library of Water
Crafts & Design
Smávinir Arts and Crafts / Smiðjur
Exhibitions
Æðarsetur Íslands
Museums
Bjarnarhöfn
Museums
The Volcano Museum
Museums
Norwegian House - Regional Muesum
Others
- V/Frúarstíg
- 340 Stykkishólmur
- 893-5588, 845-9269
- Aðalgötu 28
- 340 Stykkishólmur
- 893-5588 , 438-1808
Hotels
Hotel Fransiskus
Museums
Bjarnarhöfn
Hotels
Fosshotel Stykkishólmur
Hotels
Hótel Egilsen
Restaurants
Narfeyrarstofa
Restaurants
Sjávarpakkhúsið
Others
- Aðalgata 25
- 340 Stykkishólmur
- 438-1254
- Bjarnarhöfn, Helgafellssveit
- 340 Stykkishólmur
- 438-1581
- Borgarbraut 1
- 340 Stykkishólmur
- 438-1717