Towns & Villages

The Westfjords of Iceland has many town and villages throughout the region that are willing and able to welcome visitors in every season. Experience their unique culture and the hospitality of its people where they co-exist with the nature.

Local people retain a deep and passionate understanding for the land they live on. Their culture is quite unique, with echoes of the past and yet a confident embracing of a cosmopolitan future.

Feel free to join the local people of the Westfjords of Iceland. They will welcome you!

Árneshreppur
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Iceland’s least populous; the municipality of Árneshreppur has only 50 inhabitants. The road connecting the region to the rest of Iceland can be ...
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Bíldudalur
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Westfjords
www.bildudalur.is
Bíldudalur is an beautiful little village that enjoys some of the best summer weather in the Westfjords. Due to its position, the sea breeze rarely ...
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Bolungarvík
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Westfjords
www.bolungarvik.is
Bolungarvík is the northernmost village in the Westfjords, situated on an eponymous cove.The village has been a fishing port since settlement, so ...
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Bordeyri
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This small settlement, once a flourishing trading centre, has seen its population and level of service decline in the last couple of decades. It has ...
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Drangsnes
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www.drangsnes.is
Drangsnes is a fishing village, pure and simple. Conveniently located near the fishing grounds, it thrives in its minimalistic ways. In fact, the ...
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Flateyri
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www.isafjordur.is
Flateyri has been a trading post since 1792 and saw its heyday in the 19th century when it was home to a fleet of decked vessels and the base for ...
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Hnífsdalur
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www.isafjordur.is
Hnífsdalur is a small village between Ísafjörður and Bolungarvík. With a population of only 250, most of the inhabitants work in Ísafjörður, which is ...
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Hólmavík
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www.holmavik.is
Hólmavík is the largest town in the Strandir region, an area with an exciting and tragic history of witchcraft, witch-hunting and sorcery. ...
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Ísafjörður
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www.isafjordur.is/
Ísafjörður is the largest town in the peninsula.  It is conveniently located between five smaller villages, and being the capital of the area it ...
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Patreksfjörður
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www.patreksfjordur.is
The town of Patreksfjörður is situated in a fjord bearing the same name. It is the biggest town in the southern part of the Westfjords, with a ...
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Reykholar
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www.reykholar.is
If you are interested in bird-watching, the small village of Reykhólar is the perfect hub. The sea closest to shore is very shallow and with a high ...
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Suðureyri
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www.isafjordur.is
Suðureyri is a fine example of an Icelandic fishing village. The village only began to form in the early 20th century, growing rapidly with the ...
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Súðavík
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www.sudavik.is
The small and friendly fishing village of Súðavík, 20 kilometres from Ísafjörður. Since 1995, when an avalanche destroyed a big part of the village, ...
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Tálknafjörður
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www.talknafjordur.is
Tálknafjörður is a friendly village in the southern part of the Westfjords, with a population of approximately 300. For centuries, most of the locals ...
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Þingeyri
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www.thingeyri.is
Þingeyri is a small village situated on a spit of land in one of Iceland's most scenic fjords, Dýrafjörður. Like in most other seaside villages in ...
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