We encourage you to stay for a few days in the area and soak in the beautiful nature surrounding the Snæfellsbær municipality.
Below are listed some of the more popular stops in the area and by no means a conclusive list. It is meant to aid travellers when in the area and guide them around the Snæfellsbær municipality.
This site is constantly being updated and under construction. Feel free to contact us at info@snb.is if anything or drop by in our information centre in Ólafsvík.
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Phone number: +354 433 6929
Email: info@snb.is



Lýsa is a beautiful and peaceful combination of 4 lakes and the rivers which connect them. This is one of the few places in Iceland where you can catch all the fresh water fish that exist in Iceland.
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The church at Búðir sits stark black within the moss covered lava field and is very popular amongst travellers and photographers.
The church is considered extremely photogenic and is a popular destination for weddings and wedding photography.
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There is great birdlife around the cliffs and pretty flora surrounding the area.


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A short walk from the parking lot is Nautastígur/Bullpath, which leads you past the lava rocks, where you can also see a lava formation called Gathraun and is a popular sight. If you take a picture through the hole, you can see the glacier framed in.
It was once home to sixty fishing boats and one of the most prolific fishing villages on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula but today the bay is uninhabited. Four lifting stones are in Djúpalónssandur, used by fishermen to test their strength.

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The main spectacle of this show is Blikinn, (1826), the oldest fishing boat preserved in Iceland, owned by the museum. Also shown in the garden of the museum is Þorvaldarbúð, a restoration of the last seaman's camp that was built at Hellissandur, (1942). The facilities show the life of those living and working on the seaside at that time. There are also old machines, whalebones and much more to see at the museum.




The story states that in 1477 Kristofer Kolumbus had a winter stay at Ingjaldshóll. He is said to have come to Rif to retrieve information about Iceland's Wineland tours. If you see the congregational in Ingjaldsholskirkja, you can see a painting that shows Kristofer Kolumbus along with the priest of the place looking at a map with the church and the glacier in the background. There are no sources of a parish church found on the site until 1317, but there are sources about a prayer house there before that time.






