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Stokkseyri - Town - South West Iceland
By road no. 34 , Around 14 km south of Selfoss
Region:
South West
About: (Description)
Stokkseyri, (pop. 560) is a part of the Municipality of Árborg. The village is located on the Þjórsárhraun lava field, which extends offshore outside Stokkseyri and Eyrarbakki to form skerries up to 400 – 700 m from the coast. The lava is the largest lava field on earth since the end of the last iceage.
The seashore at Stokkseyri is known for its beauty-skerries, breaking waves and birdlife, and thus popular for hiking. The village has a rich art and cultural life. Paintingsand glass galleries, Ghost Center an a Museum of Icelandic Wonders which are all situated in the Cultural center, an old fish processing factory that has found a new role due to changes in the fishing industry.
In Stokkseyri there is also a Hunting Museum with a large collection of stuffed animals and firearms. Culture is not the only thing the town has to offer. It also has a seafood restaurant, an outdoor swimming pool, kayak sailing tours, a family recreation park with animals and a camping place.
Þuríðarbúð is a bunkhouse that shows the conditions fishermen had to live with in the past. It is named after Þuríður Einarsdóttir (1777-1863), famous as a woman foreman, or captain, on one of the large rowing boats used for fishing at the time. Further east from Stokkseyri is the Baugsstaðir creamery and Knarrarósviti lighthouse, whose design is an interesting blend of functionalism and art nouveau (jugenstil) schools in architecture.
How to get there:
From Selfoss take road no. 34 direction Eyrarbakki. After few km drive take exit to road no. 33 to Stokkseyri
source
Iceland Road Atlas
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Distances:
33
Eyrarbakki
6
34
Selfoss
14
38
Þorlákshöfn
22
1
Reykjavík
71
What's in the area:
Stokkseyri Swimming Pool
Swimming Pool
Eyrarbakki
Town
Selfoss
Town
Þjórsá
River
Guesthouse Hjarðarból
Farm Holidays