We kept on our way North of the East Coast, in and out of fjords. We passed a few picturesque towns and visited a few local Museums.
A French Fishermen Museum, in the French-influenced town of Fiorður; a WWII Museum in Eskifiorður; and a Maritime and Natural History/Geology museum in Neskaupsstaður, where the maritime section was mainly dedicated to herring fishing, a very common trade in this area.
All the museums we see are very nice, full of interesting documents, they really have lots of material and we normally spend at least one good hour just examining everything there is, even if it’s just one room. The French Fisheries museum had lots of books and documents, and we treated ourselves to a waffle and a slice of rhubarb cake at the museum café, after our visit. The exhibition itself was just a large room with lots of material in it.
The WWII museum was slightly larger, but there again it had plenty of material, old artifacts and explanatory posters. Paying full price there, got us a 20% discount in a few other museums in the area.
We finished our tour with a maritime museum concentrating on herring fishing, partaining to that particular fjord. This museum was on three floors, the 2nd floor containing a collection of maritime tools and objects, and the 3rd contained a collection of local wildlife – mainly birds – and rocks. Really fascinating – shame we only had half an hour to visit it before closing time, so we had to rush through it a bit… When we got out, we took a walk along the small harbour where we saw a lot of starfish and jellyfish, just there, swimming lazily in the water. Amazing.
The day was mostly sunny and, notably, we passed a one-car tunnel… kind of scary, as it was totally dark too.
We’re now parked by a lake for the night – splendid!
TRAVELLED TO: Stoðvar fiordur – Faskruðfiordur – Eskifiorður – [tunnel] – Neskaupsstaður – Egilsstaðir
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