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have just left. Next door is a recreated reducing plant, where herrings were separated into
oil (a valuable commodity) and meal (used for fertiliser). The third building gives a sense
of harbour life, with trawler boats and equipment based on life on the busy pier during the
boom days.
If you're travelling in July, herring-salting demonstrations are held at 3pm Saturdays.
Icelandic Folk Music Centre
MUSEUM
(
www.siglo.is/setur
;
Norðurgata 1;adult/child Ikr800/free; noon-6pm Jun-Aug)
Traditional-music enthusiasts may be interested in this sweet little museum, which dis-
plays 19th-century instruments and offers recordings of Icelandic songs and chants. It's
free to enter if you have a ticket to the Herring Era Museum.
Activities
Siglufjörður is a great base for hikers, with a series of interesting
walks
in the area. Some
19km of paths are marked along the avalanche-repelling fence above town, with numerous
access points. There's a worthwhile information panel on the northern outskirts of town,
beside a parking area, detailing these avalanche defences.
Another popular option is over the passes of Hólsskarð and Hestsskarð into the beauti-
ful, uninhabited
Héðinsfjörður
, the next fjord to the east. This is where the tunnels con-
necting Siglufjörður and Olafsfjörður see the light, and it's breathtaking to come across
when you're driving.
In winter, ski lifts operate in the explanded, improved skifields at
Skarðsdalur
( 878
3399;
www.skardsdalur.is/
)
above the head of the fjord. A growing number of heliskiing op-
erators work in Tröllaskagi over the winter; contact
Viking Heliskiing
( 846 1674;
www.vikingheliskiing.com
)
for info.
In summer you can opt for an ultrascenic round of
golf
at the newly designed nine-hole
course.
Festivals & Events
Folk Music Festival
MUSIC
