Points of Interest

Sauðárkrókur (8km)

Supermarket, Post office, Pharmacy, Hospital, Liquor store, Swimming pool, Museum, Restaurant, Sútrans

Hólar (35km)

An old mitre, University of tourism science, horse science and fish science, the traditionally horsemuseum, little swimmingpool and a brewery, a lot of hikingtrails and the "horse village"

Hófsós (5km)

little village with a wunderfull swimming pool, with view over the sea and the emigration museum

Varmahlíð (35km)

Swimmingpool, especially nice for kids, big woolstore

Glaumbær (25km)

Turf museum and Coffehouse

Riverrafting (46km)

Grettigslaug (30km)

natural hot pot, "Drangeyjaferðir" with a little boat you can drive from the Grettislaug to the island Drangey, there are a lot of birds (also puffins)

Skiing Tindastóll (30 km)

Blönduós

Swimming pool, salmon museum, ice floe museum

Akureyri (120km)

"Capital of the north", Shopping opportunities, Museum, Hiking possibilities, Whalewatching ...

Hvammstangi (110km)

Sealwatching

Skagafjörður

general

Blick auf den schwarzen Strand von Sauðárkókur