Travel Reference
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Climbing up from the car park you'll pass many smaller falls until you reach the thun-
dering main chute. You're allowed to approach the massive cascade as it plunges over the
mountainside, and views over the broad fjord are spectacular.
The surrounding area is a protected nature reserve, but there's a free (albeit noisy)
campground at the falls, with pit toilets and running water.
Hrafnseyri to Þingeyri
Rutted Rte 60 joins the southern reaches of the Þingeyri Peninsula at farmstead
Hrafn-
seyri
, the birthplace (on 17 June 1811) of Jón Sigurðsson, the architect of Iceland's inde-
pendence. The interesting, modern
Jón Sigurðsson Memorial Museum
( 456 8260;
www.hrafnseyri.is
;
adult/child Ikr800/free; 10am-6pm Jun-early Sep)
outlines his life and has
a reconstruction of his turf house, a 19th-century church and a small cafe. It's on a beauti-
ful point with fjord views.
Rte 60 between Hrafnseyri and Þingeyri is closed for six to eight months in winter.
Check
www.vegagerdin.is
.
Þingeyri
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This tiny village, on the north side of the peninsula, was the first trading station in the
Westfjords, but these days the world seems to have passed Þingeyri by. Although there's
little to see here, the town is a good jumping-off point for hiking, biking and horse riding
on Þingeyri Peninsula.
Sights
Old Blacksmith's Workshop
MUSEUM
(adult/child Ikr800/free; 9am-6pm mid-May-mid-Sep)
The Old Blacksmith's Workshop in Þingeyri is part of Ísafjörður's
Westfjords Heritage
Museum
; the ticket includes admission to both sights.
