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Population 182, Plus Thousands Of Rocks
A quick visit to Petra’s Stone Collection in Stöðvarfjörður The Eastfjords might still be the most remote and least accessible part of Iceland — but their quiet charm, tiny fjordside towns, and sense of deep stillness are well worth the long drive.…
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13.000 People Opposed To Fish Farm In Seyðisfjörður
A total of 13.022 people signed a petition urging authorities to cancel plans to allow open-pen fish farming in Seyðisfjörður, RÚV reports. The petition was closed on midnight, April 9. In December, the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) published a licensing…
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25 International Sailing Race Participants Stranded in Eastfjords
25 sailors had to land in Fáskrúðsfjörður this weekend due to high winds and a third of the boats were damaged, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]Summer Sale on T-Shirts in the Grapevine shop! We only have a chance to wear a T-shirt outdoors for…
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Nature And Music At Bræðslan Festival
The small town of Borgarfjörður, which is located in the remote Eastfjords is hosting the 14th annual Bræðslan festival, including acts such as Daði Freyr, Emmsjé Gauti, Agent Fresco and Between Mountains, Morgunblaðið reports. Population multiplies Magni Ásgeirsson who organizes the festival…
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Photos: Flying Over Iceland For A Road Trip In The Snowy East
This week, we flew out to the east side of Iceland for a four day road trip through Egilsstaðir, Borgarfjörður Eystri, Vopnafjörður, and up to the north eastern town of Þórshöfn. The flight was an adventure in its own right, with the…
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Oldest Houses In Icelandic History Possibly Found
Archeologists working in Stöð í Stöðvarfirði, on the east coast, believe they have found the oldest lodgings in Iceland, dating back decades before Ingólfur Arnarson settled in 874. The two hovels are believed to have been an outpost used for resource utilisation,…
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Island Life: News From The Icelandic Countryside
Those of us in the big city have long grown weary of the constant building of hotels. Perhaps we could take a lesson from Stöðvarfjörður, a tiny village in Iceland’s Eastfjords. There, the local Planning and Environmental Committee rejected the permit for…
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Being HERE: Using Art To Revitalise Their Town
As the road winds its way around one particularly dramatic section of the Eastfjords towards the remote village of Stöðvarfjörður, one building leaps out from across the narrow fjörd. On the shoreline, just metres from the choppy sea, sits a hulking industrial…
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PHOTOS: Petra’s Stone Collection
Petra’s Stone Collection is a museum of minerals and crystals collected by the late Ljósberg Petra María Sveinsdóttir, who lived in the small town of Stöðvarfjörður, population 200. Petra used to roam the hills surrounding the town looking for crystals, minerals and…
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Go East! A Trip To The Wild And Imaginative Eastfjords
Without fail, a drive across Iceland delivers a sharp shift in perspective from life in more populous places. In fact, one of the oft remarked-upon characteristics of a road trip through the Icelandic countryside is just how small it makes the visitor…