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Æðarsetur Íslands

The Icelandic Eider Center is a modern museum and knowledge center which invites visitors to learn about the eider duck and the fascinating methods of eiderdown farming in the past and present. Located in the town of Stykkishólmur on Breiðafjörður bay, home of large Eider duck breeding grounds and the most extensive eider farming world wide.

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Æðarsetur Íslands Get directions
Æðarsetur Íslands

Frúarstígur 6

GPS Points N65° 4' 36.337" W22° 43' 39.032"
Telephone

+354 899-8369

Website www.eider.is
Opening period All year
Categories Exhibitions , Cultural Centres

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Tourist Information Centres
0.37 km
The Ferry Baldur
The way to Flatey Island and the Westfjords Ferry Baldur daily crosses Breidafjörður Bay between Stykkishólmur on the Snæfellsnes peninsula and Brjánslækur in the north of Iceland. A ferry trip
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Tour Operators
0.37 km
Seatours
Sæferðir is located in Stykkishólmur and offers a variety of tours and activities.
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Swimming Pools
0.75 km
Stykkishólmur Swimming pool
Outdoor and indoor swimming pool with Frasenius certified water, claimed to have regenerative powers. Thermal tubs, a cold tub, water slide and a wading pool for the children. Opening hours Weekda
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Golf Courses
1.24 km
Mostri Golf Club
Víkurvöllur is a 9-hole golf course which lies north of Hótel Stykkishólmur. The course makes for good walking, lies between two ridges and continues down to the beach. A well kept, challenging c
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Tour Operators
0.27 km
Kontiki
We run sea kayak trips from the small fishing village of Stykkishólmur on the beautiful Snæfellsnes peninsula in Western Iceland. We are just a 2-hour drive from Reykjavik city. Our main focus is da
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Others

Stykkishólmur Slowly
Tour Operators
  • Hafnargata 4
  • 340 Stykkishólmur
  • 766-0996
Way Out West
Tour Operators
  • Garðaflöt 10
  • 340 Stykkishólmur
  • 834-7000
Nature
6.53 km
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.

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Nature
10.94 km
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.

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West Iceland

Towns & Villages

The population centres in West Iceland are as varied as they are many. Ten places have over 50 residents and Akranes is the most densely populated with 6,500 inhabitants. 

All of the larger communities put ever-increasing emphasis on dynamic tourism where a wide selection of recreation and services are offered.   

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Map Hellissandur, Rif Grundarfjörður Stykkishólmur Búðardalur Dalir Arnarstapi Hellnar Snæfellsnes Bifröst Húsafell Reykholt Borgarfjörður Hvanneyri Borgarnes Hvalfjörður Akranes Ólafsvík