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TOURIST SERVICES IN STRANDIR
- overview of tourist
services, starting in the south part of Strandir and finishing in the
north -
(Updated August 2008)
Hrútafjörður:
 Brú - Restaurant and Petrol station
Brú in Hrútafjörður
500 Staður
Tel: 451-1122
Fax: 451-1172
bru@stadarskali.is.
Open all year, 8:00-23:30 during the summer & 10:00-22:00
during the winter.
Restaurant,
shop and petrol.
ATM Change.
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 Guesthouse Brú
Brú, Hrútafjörður
500 Staður
Tel: 451-1122 and 451-1150
Fax: 451-1107
bru@stadarskali.is
Open all year.
Guesthouse, made-up bed
and sleeping bag accomodation. Living room and dining room for
guests, also cooking facilities.
 
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 Tangahúsið
in Borðeyri
Borðeyri
500 Staður
Tel: 451-0011, 849-9852 and 849-7891
kollsa@simnet.is
Open year round.
Guesthouse, sleeping bag
acc., cooking fac., washing machine and a dryer, living room.
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 Camping Site in Borðeyri
Borðeyri
500 Staður
Tel: 451-1131 and 847-2658
bordeyri@emax.is
Camping site in Borðeyri. WC,
hot and cold water, showers.
 
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Bitrufjörður:
 Farm
Holidays,
Snartartunga
Snartartunga, Bitrufjörður
500 Staður
Tel: 451-3362 and 853-3062
home19.inet.tele.dk/snartartunga
Open from 1. June - 15. Des.
Special apartment with
made-up beds and sleeping bag
accomodation. Breakfast, hot meal
on request and cooking facilities.
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Steingrímsfjörður and Hólmavík:
 Guesthouse
Kirkjuból
Kirkjuból in Steingrímsfjörður
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3474 and 693-3474
kirkjubol@strandir.is
www.strandir.is/kirkjubol
Open all year.
12-bedroom guesthouse,
by road 61, 12 km south of Hólmavík town. Living room and cooking facilities for
guests, and a breakfast.
Kirkjubol is centrally located in
Strandir. Marked walking path.
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 Sheep
farming museum - Sævangur
Community Centre Sævangur
in Steingrímsfjörður
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3324 (summer) and 661-2009 (winter)
saudfjarsetur@strandir.is
www.strandir.is/saudfjarsetur
Open daily from 10:00-18:00, from 1. June - 31. August. At other times by request.
An entertaining exhibition about
sheep farming in Iceland. Also a coffeehouse
with icelandic food and drink and a handicraft
store. Sævangur is located 12 km south of Hólmavík.
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 Skeljavík golf course, Hólmavík
Place of sale:
Information Centre in Hólmavík.
Tel: 451-3111
9 hole golf course, 2 km.
south of Hólmavík. Permits to play at Skeljavík golf
course is sold at the Information Centre in Hólmavík.
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 Tourist
Information
Centre
Norðurtún 1
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3111
Open daily from 8:00-17:00 during the summer, from 10. June - 31. August.
High quality Tourist Information Centre
in Hólmavík, located in the Community Centre, very close to
the camping site. Access to
internet, cooking facilities, washing machine, dryer, living
rooms. Handicraft store with
merchandise from the local handicraft group Strandakúnst.
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 Strandakúnst
Handicraft store in the Information Centre in Hólmavík
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3111
Open daily from 8:00-17:00 during the summer, from 10. June - 31. August.
Handicraft store, run by
Strandakúnst which is a group of local handicraft makers from
Strandir.
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 Camping
site in Hólmavík
Norðurtún
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3560
Nice looking camping site with
good facilities. Service for campers is at the Tourist Information
Centre, which is close to the Camping site.
Among the services tere are, for example, access to a washing
machine and a dryer, access to cooking facilities and the
Internet. WC.
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 Swimming
Pool in Hólmavík
Next to the campsite
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3560
25 m. new outdoor
swimming pool, two hot tubs
& children´s pool.
Steam bath. Open 9:00-21:00 weekdays and 10:00-18:00 over weekends during the
summer.
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 Museum
of Sorcery & Witchcraft
Höfðagata 8-10
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3525 (summer) and 869-6525 (winter)
Open daily from 10:00-18:00, from 1. June - 15. Sept. At other times by request.
In the Museum of Sorcery &
Witchcraft
in Hólmavík the history of the witch-hunting in 17th century
Iceland is presented as well as various aspects of magic from
younger sources. The museum shop
offers souvenirs, books and magical amulets that might assist
you in daily strife.
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 Café Riis
Hafnarbraut 39
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3567
Fax: 451-3557
Open daily during the summer, from 11:30-23:30 weekdays, and to
03:00 fri/sat. Open when advertised during the winter.
Restaurant with a great menu, pizza and a bar. Café Riis is a
warmly furnished restaurant
in the oldest house of Hólmavík, in the center of the town.
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 N1 - Petrol Station
Höfðatún
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 455-3107
Open from 9:00-23:30 during the summer.
Petrol station in
Hólmavík, and a small shop with all kinds of sweets, drinks
and food for hungry travellers.
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 Guesthouse Borgabraut
Borgabraut 4
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3136
Fax: 451-3413
borgabraut@simnet.is
Open all year.
Conveniently located guesthose in
Hólmavík. Made-up beds,
sleeping bag accomodation and cooking facility ad breakfast. Summerhouse
Brekkusel just outside Hólmavík is also available
for rent.
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 Kaupfélag Steingrímsfjarðar in Hólmavík
Höfðatún 4
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 455-3100
Fax: 455-3109
Open all weekdays and Saturdays during the summer.
Store with all
kinds of groceries and special commodities.
Liquor store is open between 17pm & 18pm every weekday,
except fridays from 16pm to 18pm.
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ÁTVR
Hólmavík
Höfðatún 4
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3100
Fax: 455-3109
Open all weekdays from 17:00-18:00,
except fridays from 16:00-18:00.
ÁTVR liquor store.
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 Vík
Garage
Hafnarbraut 14
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3131, 853-6331 and 893-6331
Fax: 451-3115
Car- and tyre
repair.
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In Djúp:
 Svaðilfari
Laugaland in Djúp
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 456-4859 and 853-4859
Horsetrips with guide through Snæfjallaströnd, Jökulfirði
og Strandir around the glacier Drangajökull. Each trip takes 9 days
and there are 2-3 planned trips over the summer.
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Drangsnes and Bjarnarfjörður:
 Gistiþjónusta
Sunnu
Holtagata 10,
520 Drangsnes
Tel: 451-3230
holtag10@snerpa.is
www.drangsnes.is/sunna
Open all year.
Guesthouse, in Drangsnes,
made up beds, stórt og rúmgott
herbergi á jarðhæð, sér eldhúskrók og
baðherbergi (WC og sturta).
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Malarkaffi
Grundargötu
520 Drangsnes
Sími: 451-3238 og 852-2538
sundhani@simnet.is
Kaffihús á Drangsnesi.
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 Camping site in Drangsnes
Baldur Community Centre
520 Drangsnes
Tel: 451-3277
Camping site close to the
Community Centre Baldur in Drangsnes. Showers and WC in the
Community Centre.
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 Swimming
Pool in Drangsnes
Grundargötu 15
520 Drangsnes
Tel: 451-3201
Netfang: drangsnes@snerpa.is
New outdoor 12m swimming pool,
hot tub, steam
bath and a small pool for the children.
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 Kaupfélag Steingrímsfjarðar in Drangsnes
Borgargötu 2
520 Drangsnes
Tel: 451-3225
Fax: 451-3208
Store with all kinds of groceries and special commodities.
Post Office in the same
house. Open every weekday and also on saturdays during the
summer.
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- Drangsnes
Outside the grocery store
Borgargata 2
520 Drangsnes
Tel: 451-3225
Petrol Station in
Drangsnes, credit and debet cards only.
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 Sundhani ST-3
Ásbjörn Magnússon
Kvíabala 1
520 Drangsnes
Tel: 451-3238 and 852-2538
Sea angling in Húnaflói
and boat trips to the island
Grímsey, only ten minutes from Drangsnes, one of the largest
puffins community in Iceland.
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 Bær
in Selströnd
Bær III
520 Drangsnes
Tel: 453-6999
baer@this.is
this.is/baer
Open all year.
Bær III er staðsettur 3 km norður af Drangsnesi. Bær er miðsvæðis
á Ströndum og því ákjósanlegur gististaður, bæði fyrir
þá sem vilja
staldra við á leið vestur á firði og eins þá sem hyggjast
ferðast um
Strandir og nærsveitir. Á Bæ er boðið upp
á gistingu í tveim smáhýsum sem
hýsa fimm manns hvort um sig, morgunmat, kvöldmat,
eldunaraðstöðu í húsum ásamt
ísskápi og sturtu. Merktar gönguleiðir.
Aðstoðað við að panta ferðir í
Grímsey.
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 Hótel Laugarhóll
Laugarhóll, Bjarnarfjörður
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3380
Fax: 451-3580
matti@snerpa.is
www.strandir.is/laugarholl
Open all year.
Hotel rooms with made-up
beds with or without bathroom, sleeping bag accomodation. Restaurant
with breakfast and hot meal, living room for guests. By the hotel is a swimming pool
and a camping site. (Note: Not included in price for rooms at the hotel.)
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 Camping Site in Laugarhóll
Hótel Laugarhóll, Bjarnarfjörður
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3380
Fax: 451-3580
Camping site, swimming pool nearby,
service in Hotel Laugarhóll.
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 Gvendarlaug
- swimming pool in Laugarhóll
Laugarhóll, Bjarnarfjörður
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3380
25 metres long swimming pool
and a natural hot jacuzzi. Hotel
Laugarhóll and a camping site nearby.
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 Museum of Sorcery & Witchcraft -
The Sorcerer's house in Klúka
Klúka, Bjarnarfjörður
510 Hólmavík
Tel: 451-3524
galdrasyning@holmavik.is
www.galdrasyning.is
The second part of the Museum of
Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft in Strandir. An exhibition
on how sorcerers used magic in the 17th century is located in an
old turf house which shows the condition of farmers houses in
the 17th century.
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Árneshreppur:
 Hotel Djúpavík
Djúpavík
522 Kjörvogur
Tel: 451-4037
Fax: 451-4035
djupavik@snerpa.is
www.djupavik.com
Open all year.
Hotel rooms with made-up
beds and sleeping bag accomodation. Boat
trips and kajak rental,
guided tours through the old herring factory in Djúpavík. The
summerhouse Álfasteinn available for rent, even for
long periods. Art exhibitions during the summer.
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 Djúpavík
Story Exhibition
Djúpavík
522 Kjörvogur
Tel: 451-4037
Fax: 451-4035
Open on request or agreement with the directors of Hotel
Djúpavík.
The Djúpavík Story Exhibition is
located at the old herring factory in Djúpavík.
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 Tyre repairs in Litla-Ávík
Litlu-Ávík, Árneshreppur
Jón Guðbjörn Guðjónsson
522
Kjörvogur
Tel: 451 4029
Tyre repair.
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 Finnbogastaðaskóli, Trékyllisvík
Finnbogastaðir
523 Finnbogastaðir
Tel: 451-4026
Open during the summer.
Sleeping bag accommodation,
cooking facilities and a camping site.
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Camping site at Finnbogastaðaskóli
Finnbogastaðir
523 Finnbogastaðir
Tel: 451-4026
Camping site and cooking
facilities in Finnbogastaðaskóli.
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 Kört
in Árnes
Árnes, Trékyllisvík
523 Finnbogastaðir
Tel: 451-4025
Open daily during the summertime.
Local museum and a
handicraft store. Exhibition on past relics from
Árneshreppur and handicraft mainly made out of driftwood for
sale. Tourist information service.
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 Valgeirsstaðir
in Norðurfjörður
Ferðafélag Ísland
524 Norðurfjörður
Tel: 568-2533 & 451-4017
Open during the summer.
Sleeping bag accommodation,
cooking facilities, shower, camping site.
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Camping site at Valgeirsstaðir in Norðurfjörður
Ferðafélag Íslands
524 Norðurfjörður
Tel: 568-2533 & 451-4017
Camping site at Valgeirstaðir
in Norðurfjörður. Cooking facilities, shower and WC in
Valgeirsstaðir.
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 Kaupfélag Steingrímsfjarðar in Norðurfjörður
Norðurfirði
524 Norðurfirði
Tel: 451-4002
Open all year.
Store with all kinds of groceries and special commodities.
Petrol station.
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 Guesthouse Bergistangi
Norðurfirði
524 Norðurfirði
Tel: 451-4003, 451-4060 & 451-4001
Fax: 451-4000
Open all year.
Sleeping bag accomodation,
cooking facilities, Kaupfélag Steingrímsfjarðar Store is
close to the Guesthouse, entertaining walking paths.
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 Krossneslaug
- swimming pool
Krossnesi
524 Norðurfirði
Open all year from 8:00-22:00 every day.
The Krossnes swimming pool
is located in unusual surroundings, on the shore close to the
raging sea.
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 Camping site in Ófeigsfjörður
Ófeigsfjörður in Árneshreppur
Tel: 852-2629 & 554-4341
Open during the summer.
Camping site with WC
and fresh water. Great hiking paths, boat for luggage transportation.
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The
northern part of Strandir:
 Freydís - boat tours
Manager: Reimar Vilmundarson
Tel: 852-9367, 852-8267 & 893-6926
freydis@freydis.is
www.freydis.is
Trips during the summer.
Boat tours and luggage
transportation from Norðurfjörður, Bolungarvík and
Ísafjörður to various places in the
Hornstrandir area in the boat Sædís.
Scheduled tours in July: Wednesdays from Norðurfjörður in Strandir to northern
Reykjarfjörður and on mondays and fridays from Norðurfjörður to
Hornvík.
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Service in northern Reykjafjörður
Reykjarfjörður nyrðri
Tel: 456-7215 & 853-1615
Fax: 456-7215
Sleeping bag acc,. summer house for
4-5 pers., camping site with
facilities, swimming pool and a small airport. Reykjafjörður is
a perfect destination for hikers coming from Hornstrandir
area.
There is no road for cars to Reykjarfjörður.
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Service
Mávaberg in Bolungavík
Bolungavík in Hornstrandir
Tel: 456-7192, 852-8267 & 893-6926
Fax: 456-7051
Sleeping bag acc., cooking fac., washing
machine, telephone, luggage
transportation, sailings from various places in
Hornstrandir on request and agreement.
There is no road for cars to Bolungavík.
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 Hornbjargsviti
lighthouse
Látravík cove in Hornstrandir
Tel: 566-6752, 892-5219 & 852-5219
Sleeping bag acc. in the
house attached to the lighthouse, cooking
fac. and a camping site.
There is no road for cars to Hornbjargsviti.
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Garage in Borðeyri,
SG-verkstæði
Gistiheimilið
Malarhorn