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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.
Frúarstígur 6
Travel directory for Æðarsetur Íslands
The official travel index of Iceland
Ferries
Tourist Information Centres
The Ferry Baldur
Swimming Pools
Stykkishólmur Swimming pool
Golf Courses
Mostri Golf Club
Others
- Hafnargata 4
- 340 Stykkishólmur
- 766-0996
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.
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
Museums
The Volcano Museum
Museums
Bjarnarhöfn
Crafts & Design
Leir 7 / Smiðjur
Crafts & Design
Smávinir Arts and Crafts / Smiðjur
Museums
Library of Water
Museums
Norwegian House - Regional Muesum
Others
- Aðalgötu 28
- 340 Stykkishólmur
- 893-5588 , 438-1808
- V/Frúarstíg
- 340 Stykkishólmur
- 893-5588, 845-9269
Cafés
Hotels
Hotel Fransiskus
Museums
Bjarnarhöfn
Hotels
Hótel Egilsen
Restaurants
Sjávarpakkhúsið
Restaurants
Narfeyrarstofa
Hotels
Fosshotel Stykkishólmur
Others
- Borgarbraut 1
- 340 Stykkishólmur
- 438-1717
- Aðalgata 25
- 340 Stykkishólmur
- 438-1254
- Bjarnarhöfn, Helgafellssveit
- 340 Stykkishólmur
- 438-1581