Reykhólar Tourist Office Museum

The Westfjords


The well-managed tourist office has a little museum with antique boats, stuffed birds and a movie of local life in the 1950s and '60s. There's a small on-site cafe (snacks from 600kr), plus lots of Westfjords information.


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