Hólmavík is the largest town in the Strandir region, an area with an exciting and tragic history of witchcraft, witch-hunting and sorcery. Inhabitants in the countryside surrounding Hólmavík live mostly on sheep farming, while economic activity in town revolves around the fisheries and the service sector.
The Museum of Sorcery & Witchcraft takes visitors on a tour into the mystical world of the supernatural. The history of witch-hunting in 17th century Iceland is presented at the exhibition as well as various aspects of magic from more recent sources. A second part of the exhibition is in Bjarnarfjörður, 30 kilometres from Hólmavík. The sorcerer’s cottage is an old turf house where an exhibition gives a glimpse of how a tenant farmer lived in Iceland in the 17th century and what magic he used to make life more tolerable. Next to Hólmavík is also the Sheep Farming Museum, an entertaining exhibition about the Icelandic sheep and sheep farming.
Visitors will find all basic amenities, and more, in Hólmavík.  A golf course is to be found not far from town and there’s a newly built swimming pool in town. A good Tourist Information Center is in Hólmavík that serves the whole area. The swimming pool is next to the camping ground and upon the hills by Hólmavík, there are good and marked hiking paths.

Visitors will find all basic amenities, and more, in Hólmavík.  A golf course is to be found not far from town and there’s a newly built swimming pool in town. A good Tourist Information Center is in Hólmavík that serves the whole area. The swimming pool is next to the camping ground and upon the hills by Hólmavík, there are good and marked hiking paths.