Höfn

Höfn (pronounced something like "herpn", also known as Höfn í Hornafirði, is a town in East Iceland, at the south-eastern corner of the country. Höfn sits by the lagoon Hornafjörður which is also the name of the large municipality of which the town is the centre and which covers the entire area of the county Austur-Skaftafellssýsla. Wikivoyage

Population 2,389 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Iceland

112AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Iceland

Tourist office · 190 m Visitor Centre

Getting there

Where are you starting from?

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

All 6 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Ósland 580 m across 820 m

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