In two of Borgarnes’s oldest buildings The Settlement Center is devoted to recreating Iceland’s earliest days and introduces visitors to one of the best known heroes of the Icelandic Sagas, Egil Skalla-Grimsson.It also houses a cozy licensed restaurant, a café and a souvenir shop. The Center consists of three buildings, the warehouse, the merchant house and the reception hall.
Opening hours and admission
The Center is open all year from 10am. to 9pm. Groups can gain access to the center outside of normal operating hours by prior arrangement with the management. Please call 437 1610 or our general manager 895 5460
How to find us
The Settlement Center is located in the village of Borgarnes just one hour’s drive from Reykjavik on road No. 1, towards the north. At the main crossroad in Borgarnes you turn left and take the main road through the village. We are on the left hand
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