Guidebook for Sauðárkrókur

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Guidebook for Sauðárkrókur

Sightseeing

A beautiful place and a historical site with a nice pool, museum, cathedral, restaurant, hiking trails and a beer club. Camping and concerts in summer, study and research on campus in winter.
Hólar
A beautiful place and a historical site with a nice pool, museum, cathedral, restaurant, hiking trails and a beer club. Camping and concerts in summer, study and research on campus in winter.
Local history museum in one of the largest turfhouse farms preserved in Iceland. Nice café too.
Byggðasafn Skagfirðinga - Glaumbær
Local history museum in one of the largest turfhouse farms preserved in Iceland. Nice café too.

Essentials

Grocery store and gas pump with automat.
Hofsós
Grocery store and gas pump with automat.

Everything Else

The pool with a view, awardwinning design gives you the illusion you are swimming out to the islands in the bay.
15 locals recommend
Hofsós Sundlaug
15 Suðurbraut
15 locals recommend
The pool with a view, awardwinning design gives you the illusion you are swimming out to the islands in the bay.
The biggest neighbourhood in Skagafjörður with grocery shops, restaurants, swimming pool etc. Best view from the cemetery above town.
Sauðárkrókur
The biggest neighbourhood in Skagafjörður with grocery shops, restaurants, swimming pool etc. Best view from the cemetery above town.
A visitor centre and shop at a local tannery specializing in fish skin. A must for anyone interested in design and crafts.
Tannery Visitor Center
5 Borgarmýri
A visitor centre and shop at a local tannery specializing in fish skin. A must for anyone interested in design and crafts.
One of three skiing areas in the area.
Skíðasvæðið í Tindastól
5 Víðigrund
One of three skiing areas in the area.
One of three skiing areas in the area in Siglufjörður.
Skíðasvæði í Skarðsdal
Skarðsvegur
One of three skiing areas in the area in Siglufjörður.
The emigration center with historical exhibitions about the emigration to America in the 19th century.
Vesturfararsetrið
Kvosin
The emigration center with historical exhibitions about the emigration to America in the 19th century.
A nice history exhibition focussing on the Icelandic horse but telling you a lot about life in Iceland through the ages.
Sögusetur íslenska hestsins
A nice history exhibition focussing on the Icelandic horse but telling you a lot about life in Iceland through the ages.

Food Scene

Nice and cosy artisan bakery, soup for lunch, sandwiches and great bread
7 locals recommend
Sauðárkróksbakarí
5 Aðalgata
7 locals recommend
Nice and cosy artisan bakery, soup for lunch, sandwiches and great bread