Grundarfjörður library

  • The Grundarfjörður Library is located in this building. It offers general library services and also serves as the information center for tourists.
  • Bæringsstofa is a small theater that offers slide show viewings of a photographic collection of life in Grundarfjörður through the ages. The photos are from Bæring Cecilsson (1923 – 2002), an Icelandic photographer and honorary citizen of Grundarfjörður.

  

The exhibition is closed during the renovation.

The Saga Center in Grundarfjörður accommodates several interesting exhibits about the town in former times. All exhibitions are free of charge and are open during the opening hours of the library.

Þórðarbúð is a replica of an old shop from the fifties. The shop was a convenience store run by Þórður Pálsson. The display depicts the shop at Christmas time when it turned into a lovely toy store.

There is also an old fishing boat on display. The boat Brana was built in 1913. It is a six-oar rowboat, typical for the Breiðafjörður area, made of oak and pine wood. The boat is surrounded by fishing gear and other utensils for farming.

The Saga Center retained also one of two cannons that were unearthed from the beach at Kirkjufell. They are from a French whaling boat that stranded there in 1720.

 

Saga Center Grundarfjörður
Address: Grundargata 35