breiddalssetur

The science and research centre is in Breiðdalsvíks oldest house “Gamla Kaupfélagið”, built in 1906. Breiðdalssetur facilitates earth and literary research activities focused on East Iceland, as well as hosting exhibitions on geology, linguistics and local history. The exhibitions are about: The history of science and the mineral Iceland spar, the writer and linguist Stefán Einarsson from Breiðdalur valley (1897-1972), the geology and minerals of the East Iceland and the world famous british volcanologist George P.L.Walker (1926-2005). Occasionally Breiðdalssetur centre is also called “the Walker Centre”.

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Opening Hours

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Address

Our Address:

Breiðdalsvík

GPS:

64.79182805261833, -14.009696197347011

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