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Stykkishólmur

Stykkishólmur is a town in West Iceland, on the north coast of the Snæfellsnes peninsula. It is often called "the gateway to the islands" of Breiðafjörður. Wikivoyage

Population 1,285 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Iceland

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Iceland

Getting there

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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.

Through the year

  1. Danish days

    August

    (Danskir dagar) is the name of Stykkishólmur's town festival, held in August each year and celebrating its heritage as a Danish trading post

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Stykkishólmur); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Getting around

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