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Seyðisfjörður is a small village in the Eastfjords of Iceland
Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
 at the end of the fjord
Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides, created in a valley carved by Glacier....
 of the same name.






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Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....


Location in Iceland
Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
County
Counties of Iceland

|||}Iceland is traditionally divided into 23 County, s?slur, and 25 independent towns, kaupsta?ir. Today this division is no longer significant as far as administration is concerned....
Seyðisfjarðarkaupstaður
Constituency
Constituencies of Iceland

Iceland is divided into 6 Constituency for the purpose of selecting Legislator to the Al?ingi . The current division was established by a 1999 Constitution of Iceland amendment and was an attempt to balance the weight of different districts of the country where a vote cast in the rural districts would count much more than a vote cast in Reykjav?k c...
Northeast
Population
Population

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Total (2005)


802
Postal code
Postal code

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s		710

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Seyðisfjörður is a small village in the Eastfjords of Iceland
Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
 at the end of the fjord
Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides, created in a valley carved by Glacier....
 of the same name. A road over Fjarðarheiði mountain pass connects Seyðisfjörður to the rest of Iceland; 27km to the ring road
Ring road

Ring road is another term for beltway. It may also refer to:* Ring Road * Ring Road * Route 1 * Ring_Road_Delhi* "Ring Road ", a song by the electronic band, Underworld....
 and Egilsstaðir
Egilsstaðir

Egilssta?ir is a town in East Iceland on the banks of Lagarflj?t river. In 2007, the town had over 2,300 inhabitants.Egilsstadir is located at ....
. Seyðisfjörður is surrounded by mountains on all sides with most prominent Mt. Bjólfur (Eng. Beowolfe) to the West. The fjord itself is accessible on each side by following the main road that leads through the town. Further out the fjord is fairly remote but rich with natural interests including puffin
Puffin

Puffins are any of four auk species in the bird genus Fratercula with a brightly coloured beak in the breeding season. These are pelagic zone seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water....
 colonies and ruins of former activity such as nearby Vestdalseyri, from where the local church was transported.

The town of Seyðisfjörður is well-known for its old wooden buildings and has remnants of urban street configurations within its urban fabric. There is a camping ground, facilities for campers, hotels, a swimming pool, a library, hospital, post office, liquor store, and other retail activity. Seyðisfjörður also has a vibrant cultural scene with an arts centre, a telecommunications museum and the only two cinemas in the east of Iceland. The [Lunga] music summerfest takes place in Seyðisfjörður in July and world renowned artist Dieter Roth
Dieter Roth

Dieter Roth was a Swiss-German artist best known for his artist's books and for his sculptures and pictures made with rotting food stuffs . He was also known as Dieter Rot and Diter Rot....
 had a residence and art studio in Seyðisfjörður.

There are several waterfalls around the town and further up the main river that flows through the center of town. A popular hiking path starts at the town center, following the East bank of the river. During the winter a skiing area is used in Fjarðarheiði mountain pass.

Every week the car ferry MV Norröna
Smyril Line

Smyril Line is a Faroese people shipping company, linking the Faroe Islands and Iceland with Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom.Since 1983 the company has operated a regular international passenger, car and freight service using a large, modern, multi-purpose ferry named MV Norr?na....
 of Smyril Line
Smyril Line

Smyril Line is a Faroese people shipping company, linking the Faroe Islands and Iceland with Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom.Since 1983 the company has operated a regular international passenger, car and freight service using a large, modern, multi-purpose ferry named MV Norr?na....
 comes to Seyðisfjörður from Hanstholm
Hanstholm

Hanstholm is a small town and a former island, now elevated area in Thisted municipality of Region Nordjylland, located in the northern part of Denmark....
 in Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 and Tórshavn
Tórshavn

T?rshavn is the Capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the north west of the town lies the high mountain H?sareyn, and to the southwest, the high Kirkjub?reyn....
 in the Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands or Faeroe Islands or simply Faroe or Faeroes are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately half way between Scotland and Iceland....
. Untill January 2009 it also called at Bergen, Norway and Scrabster, Scotland
Scotland

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.

Town settlement in the Seyðisfjörður area started in 1848. The town was settled by Norwegian fishermen. These settlers also built many of the existing wooden buildings in the village, which was connected with now deserted Vestdalseyri. The first telephone cables connecting Iceland to Europe were connected through Seyðisfjörður at the turn of the century, making it a hub for telecommunications. An electric dam was built in the main river early in the 20th century the first of its kind in Iceland. Seyðisfjörður was used as a base for British/American forces during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 and remnants of this activity is visible through the fjord, including a landing strip no longer in use and an oil ship El Grillo that was bombed and sunk and remains a divers wreck at the bottom of the fjord.

With the recent demise of the local fish-processing plant the village has shifted its economy to tourism
Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
. It still remains a significant fishing port on the east coast of Iceland
Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
 with harbours and a slip.

See also

  • List of settlements in Iceland
    List of settlements in Iceland

    The following is a list of some towns and villages in Iceland:...
  • History of Iceland
    History of Iceland

    This article is about the history of Iceland and the areas comprising modern day Iceland....
  • Smyril Line (international ferry service)


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  • (engl./is.)
  • Iceland's only microcinema
    Microcinema

    The term Microcinema can have two meanings. It can describe low-budget or amateur films shot mostly on digital video, edited on a computer, and then distributed via videotape, disc or over the Internet....
    .