Culture in East Iceland

Snæfellsstofa Visitor Centre, Skriðuklaustur

East Iceland

Snæfellsstofa is the information center for the eastern territory of Vatnajökull National Park. It is situated at Skriðuklaustur in an environmentally friendly building. The house itself is the first of its kind in the country. It is design

Skriðuklaustur, Centre of culture & history

East Iceland

Skriðuklaustur is the former home of the famous author Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889-1975). Since 2000 it has been open as a centre of culture & history with various activities and exhibitions. It houses a museum about the author with personal gu

Cultural Center - Langabúð

East Iceland

Langabúð cafe is located in the oldest building in Djupivogur, dating back to 1790. The cafe offers a wide variety of homemade goods such as soups, bread with salmon and smoked lamb, cappuccino, espresso, latte, and delicious cakes. The men

Jurtadís

East Iceland

The woman behind Jurtadís skin care products is Sabina Helvida. Sabina was born and raised in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but moved to Iceland in 2005, then a single mother with two daughters, four and eight years old. Sabina has been intereste

Sláturhúsið

East Iceland

The Center for Art and Culture in Fljotsdalsherad (MMF) is located in Slaturhusid, Egilsstadir. As a Center for Performing Arts we are inspired every day to create, share, teach, excite and perform for our community. Although performing art

Safnahúsið in Nordfjordur

East Iceland

The museum building "Safnahúsið" in Nordfjordur includes 3 museums: Tryggvi Collection An impressive introduction to the art of painter Tryggvi Ólafsson from Nordfjordur. The exhibition offers a cross-section of the well-known artist´s care

Steinasafn Petru

East Iceland

Ljósbjörg Petra María Sveinsdóttir was interested in stones all her life and started to collect them in earnest in 1946. Most of her stones were found in Stöðvarfjörður and other places in East Iceland because Petra didn´t go much looking f

French sailors in Iceland

East Iceland

The avant-garde exhibition in The French Museum in Fáskrúðsfjörður is the newest of Fjarðabyggð' s museums and collections . This museum is located in two stately buildings, the Doctor's House and the French Hospital as they are called, bui

Museum of Natural History Nordfjordur

East Iceland

A new and interesting museum which displays the best of Icelandic nature; Icelandic mammals, shellfish, birds, insects and stone collection as well as specimens from the East Icelandic flora. Hours of Operation: June, July, and August: 13:0

Gallery Snærós

East Iceland

In Stöðvarfjörður a not-to-miss point of interest is the Gallery Snærós, run by visual artist Ríkharður Valtingojer and Sólrún Friðriksdóttir, right next to their ateliers. The couple moved to Stöðvarfjörður in 1985 and founded the gallery

Wartime Museum

East Iceland

At the Icelandic Wartime Museum, you can travel back to the days of the Second World War and the military occupation of Reyðarfjörður . The museum gives a vivid insight into life during the war in a country which has never had an army or be

Bustarfell Museum

East Iceland

In Hofsárdalur in Vopnafjörður you will find the old family farm Bustarfell, a quaint, centuries old Icelandic turf house with red gables and a grass-grown roof which is now a museum. Bustarfell is one of the oldest and best preserved turf

East Iceland Heritage Museum

East Iceland

East Iceland Heritage Museum (Minjasafn Austurlands) The East Iceland Heritage Museum preserves and presents the cultural history, traditions, and community life of the region. The museum features two permanent exhibitions: Reindeer in East

Breiðdalssetur

East Iceland

The centre features an exhibition on the use of drill cores to reveal the hidden depths of Iceland's geology, including the volcanic island of Surtsey and the immense sequence of lavas that make up Eastern Iceland. It also includes rooms de

The Jósafat Hinriksson’s Maritime Museum

East Iceland

The museum displays interesting objects relating to fishing, iron work, boat building and the old ways of the Icelandic people. It displays a replica of Josafat’s fathers old iron workshop where Josafat studied and started his carrier. Hour

Technical Museum of East Iceland

East Iceland

Join us in the Old Mechanical Shop for a journey through history and innovation at our exhibition „Búðareyri – stories of transformation“. The exhibition tells us the history of Búðareyri, the part of Seyðisfjörður that was hit by a major l

Fjarðabyggð Cultural Center

East Iceland

Menningarstofa Fjarðabyggðar (Fjardabyggd Cultural Center) was established in 2017, and its role is to support and promote cultural activities in Fjarðabyggð . Menningarstofa workss with people in cultural life and helps them and encourages

Tryggvi Ólafsson Art Museum

East Iceland

Tryggvi Ólafsson was born in 1940 in Norðfjörður. He studied at the Icelandic School of Fine Arts and Crafts 1960-61 and at the Royal Academy of Arts in Copenhagen 1961-66. Tryggvi Ólafsson is one of Iceland's best-known contemporary artist

Maritime Museum

East Iceland

The museum mostly exhibits objects and utensils relating to fishing and seafaring in general. It also displays various reminders of local trade, industry, and medicine from times past. The collection is in a commercial building, “Gamla búð”

Hús Handanna Icelandic Craft & Design Shop

East Iceland

The Hús Handanna Shop is to find at the most trafficked crossroads in Eastern Iceland and in the heart of Egilsstadir town. The shop was established in 2010 and from the first day the main focus has been on representing Icelandic / East-Ice

Auroras Iceland

East Iceland

In a small village on the east coast of Iceland, The Icelandic House of the Northern Lights opened in May 2016. You can enjoy the northern lights exhibition in Wathne´s House (Auroras Iceland). The exhibition is based on the magnificent pho

Skaftfell Center for Visual Art

East Iceland

Skaftfell Center for Visual Art was founded in the year 1998 by a group of art enthusiasts, the Skaftfell Group. The Skaftfell Group was formed by friends of the artist Dieter Roth (1930-1998) who had regularly spent time in Seyðisfjörður d

East Iceland Emigration Center

East Iceland

The East Iceland Emigration Center is located at Kaupvangur Cultural Center. The East Iceland Emigration Center is an organization of volunteers interested in re-establishing contact with the descendants of the people who left East and Nort

Sænautasel

East Iceland

Sænautasel is a remote traditional farmhouse on the Jökuldalsheiði moor, orginally erected in 1843. The place was inhabited a full century. In 1861 the moorland saw 16 such heath farms but during the Askja eruption of 1875 they mostly vanis

Móðir Jörð Organic Farm Guesthouse

East Iceland

Móðir Jörð is an Organic farm in Vallanes offering accomodation in newly refurbished guesthouse with suites where design is based on using wood from the farm. The Móðir Jörð products originate from the organic farm of Vallanes, in East Ice

Randulffs-sjóhús

East Iceland

Randulff´s Sea House is located by the sea in Eskifjördur . It is during the summer months 2011 and Randulff´s restaurant serves dinner according to a traditional local menu in a unique atmosphere. Randulff´s seahouse is also open for group

Rare Stone Collection

East Iceland

Nanna´s Memorial Museum

East Iceland