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The Motorcycle Museum of Iceland
North Iceland
A museum on the 100 year history of motorcycles in Iceland. Motorcycles from all over, objects and artifacts relating to the historyof motorcycles in Iceland in a stunning 800 square meter building, that was especially designed for the muse
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Nonnahús - Jón Sveinsson memorial museum
North Iceland
Nonni´s house was the childhood home of the writer and Jesuit priest Jón Sveinsson, "Nonni", who wrote books for children. Nonni´s house is among Akureyri´s oldest houses, built in 1850. Today it is a memorial museum were many items connect
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Safnahúsið - Museum
North Iceland
In the Heritage House in Sauðárkrókur are the District Library of Skagafjörður, the District Archives of Skagafjörður, and the Art Museum of Skagafjörður. Various types of exhibitions are held there.
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Museum at Mánarbakki
North Iceland
The museum at Mánárbakki was opened on June 18th 1995 in a house named Thórshamar that was moved there from Húsavík. Recently, the museum was enlarged with a house named Lækjarbakki, built in a traditional Icelandic style, for all kinds of
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The Herring Era Museum
North Iceland
The Herring Era Museum is Iceland’s largest maritime and industrial museum, where visitors have the opportunity to get to know the herring fishery and processing industry that underpinned Iceland’s economy for much of the twentieth century.
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Húsavík Whale Museum
North Iceland
The Húsavík Whale Museum was founded in 1997. It's foremost aim is to provide detailed and interesting information about whales and their habitat. In the 1.600m2 house you can find on display whale skeletons of several species and fascinati
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Davíðshús - Home of Davíð Stefánsson
North Iceland
The relatives of the poet Davíð Stefánsson from Fagriskógur bequeathed to Akureyri Municipality the house at 6 Bjarkarstígur which the poet built and lived in until his death in 1964. His living quarters are on the upper floor of the house,
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Sauðaneshús - District Folk Museum
North Iceland
The oldest stone house in Þingeyjar Counties, Sauðaneshús, is located 7 km´s north of the town of Þórshöfn. Today, it serves as the home of the region’s folk museum, which tells the story of life in Langanes Peninsula and how its residents
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The Icelandic Aviation Museum
North Iceland
The Icelandic Aviation Museum is located in a large hangar at Akureyri Airport. The museum covers Iceland's aviation history with photographs, videos, artefacts, models and historic aircrafts, which some are in airworthy condition and fly i
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Laufás heritage site and museum
North Iceland
Laufás is a renowned church site and chieftain‘s residence from the settlement (874-930). Laufás church was built in 1865, among its special items is a pulpit from 1698. The current farmhouse is a good example of a wealthy vicarage from 185
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Grenivík Fishing Museum
North Iceland
Open from 1st of June to 31st of August, every day from 1 pm-5 pm. The Fishing Museum is in the old baiting shed, called Hlíðarendi. The shed was built in 1920. In the first year, the house was used as a shipyard, where Sigfús Þorsteinsson
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Verksmiðjan á Hjalteyri
North Iceland
Center for CONTEMPORARY ART - 20 min. from AKUREYRI, North Iceland 1500 m 2 exhibition space in an old historical HERRING FACTORY OPEN daily from 14:00 to 17:00 EXCEPT Mondays. Admission: FREE
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The Transportation Museum at Ystafell
North Iceland
The transportation museum at Ystafell was established by Ingólfur Kristjánsson and Kristbjörg Jónsdóttir in 1998. The museum is the oldest of its kind in Iceland. Its main role is to preserve and show various ways and means of transportatio
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The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum
North Iceland
The museum collects and celebrates work by artists who have been seen as outside the cultural mainstream, often described as naïve artists who have a real and direct connection to an original creative spirit. The collection consists of artw
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Akureyri Museum
North Iceland
In the oldest part of Akureyri (known as the Inner town), stands the Akureyri Museum . Here we find many interesting and well set up exhibitions, which we have no hesitation in recommending for adults and children alike. Those with a thirst
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Local Museum
North Iceland
The Folk museum Byggðasafn Húnvetninga- og Strandamanna welcomes you! It was founded fifty years ago and contains a precious collection of rare objects displaying local history and culture.The museum is owned by local authorities in the Hún
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Hælið - The Great White Plague center
North Iceland
HÆLIÐ the great White Plague center. A visual exhibition about loss, sorrow and despair but also about hope, serenity and lust for life. Opening hours: June-August: Daily 13:00-18:00 May and September: Saturdays and Sundays 14:00-17:00 Also
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The Icelandic Horse History Centre
North Iceland
The Icelandic Horse History Centre was founded it 2001 at Hólar in Hjaltadalur is located in the old stable at Hólar, built in 1931. The old stable was remodeled in 2010 and The Exhibition of the Icelandic Horse opened. Exhibitions The perm
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Akureyri Toy Museum
North Iceland
Small, almost like a dollhouse, this early 19th-century building is filled with toys from the 20th century, some over 100 years old. Dozens of dolls and toy cars, cardboard games, muppets, action figures… just imagine the toy store of your
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The Exploration Museum
North Iceland
The Exploration Museum is dedicated to the history of human exploration, from the early explorers to the exploration of space. The main exhibition room features photographs and artifacts from the Apollo Astronaut Training near Húsavík in 19
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Snartarstaðir - District Folk Museum
North Iceland
Located at Snartarstaðir farm, two kilometers from the village of Kópasker, this museum presents a unique collection of local objects showing dayli life in the 19th and 20th centuries. There is a wide array of embroidery, woven goods, knitt
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Womens Collage Exhibition
North Iceland
The woman’s college heritage centre was founded by the friends of the woman’s college with support from the local culture fund. The aim of the heritage center is to preserve the history and artifacts from the college that was run for almost
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Árnes Museum
North Iceland
Árnes is the oldest house in Skagaströnd, and the only one of its kind in the area that was considered possible to preserve. It was renovated by the municipality and opened in 2009. Árnes is a unique example of living conditions in the firs
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The Textile Museum
North Iceland
The Textile Museum in Blönduós is the only specifically focused textile museum in Iceland. The museum is located in beautiful bulding with good visitor access. It hosts several unique and independent exhibitions of embroideries, Icelandic n
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The Industrial Museum
North Iceland
The Industrial Museum is a small, homely, relaxing and interesting place where you can see machines, devices and products from the blooming industry in Akureyri, from the early 20th century until today. We also have displays from various pr
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Birds Museum Sigurgeir
North Iceland
Sigurgeir´s Bird Museum was opened on the 17th of August 2008. The goal of the Museum is to educate the visitors about birds, the biota in Lake Mývatn, and how people in the area used the lake for transport and to survive. In the Museum you
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Glaumbær in Skagafjörður
North Iceland
Discover what life was like Glaumbær – the historic turf farm in Skagafjörður The old turf buildings at Glaumbær are a fine example of building construction on the larger farms in Iceland in times past. See the household of bygone era in th
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Grenjaðarstaður - The Old Turfhouse
North Iceland
The historic settlement of Grenjaðarstaður in Aðaldalur is one of Iceland’s largest turf houses, situated 30 km south of Husavik. In its heyday Grenjaðarstaður was a prosperous vicarage and the oldest part of the existing turf house was bui
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The House of Shark-Jörundur
North Iceland
Jörundur Jónsson, called Shark-Jörundur, built the house in 1885-86, using timber from Norwegian ships which ran ashore at Hrísey in 1884. In 1917 the house was moved down the hill, to its current site, but a statue of Shark-Jörundur commem
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Pálshús - Natural History Museum in Ólafsfjörður
North Iceland
Pálshús, one of the oldest houses in Ólafsfjörður, is today a museum and a cultural centre, located at Strandgata 4 in Ólafsfjörður. The oldest part of the house was built in 1892. The house is named after Páli Bergssyni, one of the main in
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Holt - Memorial Museum of Alda Halldórsdóttir
North Iceland
Holt - Memorial Museum of Alda Halldórsdóttir. This was the home where Alda Halldórsdóttir was born in 1913 and lived and grew up with her mother and uncle. The house along with its interiors, shows in a unique way a typical working-class h
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Husavik Museum - Safnahúsið
North Iceland
The Husavik Museum celebrates the vibrant and progressive history of the Þingeyjar Counties and is run by the District Cultural Center. The permanent exhibition “Daily Life and Nature” examines a century in the history of people whose relat
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Skagafjörður Transportation Museum
North Iceland
The Vintage Auto Museum at Stóragerði in Skagafjörður formally opened in 2004. The museum has on exhibition around 100 vehicles; cars, buses, motorcycles, snowmobiles, agricultural machinery, and a lot of small knickknacks tied to the Icela
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The Museum of Prophecies
North Iceland
The Museum of Prophecies Exhibition, storytelling and fortune telling. The exhibition focuses on Þórdís the fortune-teller, the first named inhabitant of Skagaströnd, who lived there in the late 10th century. A painted tapestry tells the st
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Akureyri Art Museum
North Iceland
Founded in 1993 Akureyri Art Museum is one of the youngest art museums in Iceland. It is located in what used to be the KEA co-op building, which was designed with strong influences from Bauhaus and the international Funkis movement. The Mu
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Fræðasetur um forystufé
North Iceland
The Leader Sheep Centre in Þistilfjörður North-Iceland is unique. It is impossible to find a similar museum as Iceland is the only country in the world where Leader Sheep exists. You find collections of pictures, stories, and information ab
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Local Museum Hvoll
North Iceland
Due to construction, the museum will not be open to the public in the summer of 2023. You can contact Björk Hólm Þorsteinsdóttir, the director of the museum, via the email address: [email protected]. The museum’s collection comprises t
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Icelandic Horse Farm Lýtingsstaðir
North Iceland
Horseback riding Our peaceful farm Lýtingsstaðir is situated in the North of Iceland in Skagafjörður, only 20 km away from road#1. We offer horseback riding tours (beginner and experienced level) on beautiful trails, in small groups, and aw
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Víðimýri Church
North Iceland
Víðimýrarkirkja Church is one of the few preserved turf churches in Iceland. At the beginning of the 20th century its fate was uncertain, but thankfully the immense cultural value of the building was recognized in time, and the National Mus
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The Old Warehouse
North Iceland
The warehouse at Hofsós is among the oldest ones of its kind in Iceland. It is a log house with a high black-tarred roof. The building is thought to have been erected in 1777. There is a storage space in the loft of the second floor with do
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Þingeyrar church
North Iceland
Þingeyrakirkja church is in my opinion one of the most beautiful churches in Iceland. It is located at Þingeyrar in North-Iceland by Húnafjörður bay. Þingeyrakirkja church was consecrated in 1877 and is one of Iceland´s few stone churches.
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Sverrir Hermannsson´s smallexhibits
North Iceland
1st June - 15th September is open every day 13:00-17:00 Also, open on request.
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