Ullarselið

Top choice in Borgarbyggð


Find your way to off-the-beaten-path village Hvanneyri, 12km east of Borgarnes, and in among fjordside homes you'll find this fantastic wool centre. Handmade sweaters, scarves, hats and blankets share space with skeins of beautiful hand-spun yarn, and interesting bone and shell buttons. Plus there are needles and patterns to get you started.

Look out for local Borgarfjörður designs, featuring geese, ptarmigan or salmon. It also custom knits. It's part of the Agricultural Museum of Iceland (www.landbunadarsafn.is) complex.


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1. Viewing Disc

4.25 MILES

This hilltop disc labels the peaks all around.

2. Borg á Mýrum

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The Borg á Mýrum farm, just northwest of Borgarnes on Rte 54, is the site where Skallagrímur Kveldúlfsson, Egil's father, made his farm at settlement. The…

3. Skallagrímsgarður

4.94 MILES

The Settlement Museum has marked sites featured in Egil’s Saga with cairns, including Skallagrímsgarður, the burial mound of the father and son of saga…

4. Borgarfjördur Museum

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This small municipal museum has an engaging exhibit on the story of children in Iceland over the last 100 years. It's told through myriad photographs and…

5. Borgarneskirkja

5.03 MILES

Borgarnes' quaint church stands watch on a hill in the centre of town.

6. Brákin

5.12 MILES

Þorgerður Brák was Egil's nursemaid, thought to be a Celtic slave. In one of the more dramatic moments in Egil's Saga, she heroically saves Egil's life …

7. Settlement Centre

5.13 MILES

Housed in an imaginatively restored warehouse by the harbour, the must-see Settlement Centre offers fascinating insights into the history of Icelandic…

8. War & Peace Museum

11.65 MILES

During WWII Hvalfjörður contained a submarine and warship station and over 20,000 American and British soldiers passed through. This museum houses…