The Pub the Irish Brought
The Emerald Isle’s gift to Iceland: The Dubliner The country is Iceland.
The clients are international. The beer is cold. The music is live. The atmosphere is totally Celtic. This is the Irish pub that everyone comes to Iceland to find. This is the happiest pub in town. This is the Dubliner. Now you know why the Vikings stopped off in Ireland on their way here. They knew a good thing when they saw it. They swiped all the beautiful girls and the best beer and some of the men. Everyone knows what the Irish are like with some beer inside them. Out come the greatest singers and musicians, the most spellbinding story-tellers, the most eloquent poets…Need I say more? You can meet them yourself in this downtown pub where pleasure is just a pint away.

Much More than Free Soup
Dalvík’s 2,000 inhabitants have a lot more to offer than the free seafood soup they serve up for 20,000 visitors in August each year.
Wide range of tourist services
Attractions offered to visitors include whale watching, sea angling, hiking, horse-riding, skiing, heli-skiing, rock climbing, bird watching, laser-tag, golf, musical events, swimming pool, museums and, naturally, internet access. Available accommodation spans the entire range from hotels to sleeping bag accommodation. Berg Cultural Centre hosts numerous concerts, performances and exhibitions throughout the year. It also serves as a tourist information centre, where travellers find any information they may need about the area, activities and events. Internet is available in the library and there‘s a Hot Spot for internet access in the coffeeshop at the Cultural Centre. Arctic Island Hopping The imaginary Arctic Circle crosses Grímsey Island (pop. 100). The Sæfari ferry makes a 10 hour round trip Mon, Wed and Fridays. It leaves Dalvík at 9 in the morning, stops on the island for 4 hours, and returns to Dalvík around 7 in the evening. Sævar, the local ferry, provides frequent daily trips between Dalvík and Hrísey Island (pop. 200). The crossing takes 15 minutes.

30 Years supplying delicious hand-made bread and cakes at Mosfellsbakarí
Just over 30 years ago, a young couple worked together at a summer job in the Westmann Islands. Later, they met again, working with the herring in the very east, in Seyðisfjörður. Love blossomed and Ragnar and Áslaug married. They decided to start a bakery in Mosfellsbær. They wanted it to provide a real service to the then tiny community, so they added some tables and chairs in the cosy atmosphere of the warm bakery, so people could sit and chat over a coffee and cookies. That thoughtfulness, along with their growing range of delicious breads, cakes and pastries made them very popular. Travellers from Reykjavik would stop off on their way to the north.
Chocolate Lovers
An opportunity presented itself to open a branch in the capital and this, too, was soon thriving. Its reputation was enhanced when Hafliði, Ragnar and Áslaug’s son, started making his chocolate creations.

Local craftwork at Handverkshúsið
In the very centre of Mosfellsbær, just across the street from Hotel Laxnes, you’ll find an art and craft giftstore packed with beautiful handmade objects. The store, which also serves as a workshop for its owners, offers a broad selection of craftwork, utility design and decorative ornaments which clearly reflect the diversity of the seven craftswomen who have been running it for the past eleven years.
A wide collection of all things pretty
Not only does their work vary in method and material of use but also in style, so there’s quite a lot to choose from and whether you’re looking for a special souvenir or a present, you’re bound to find something that suits. In its range of products you’ll find beautiful crochet and woollen knitwork, like mittens and sweaters, but wool is also used in a more unusual manner, for example in colourful guestbooks and the prettiest lamps and candleholders that give the most wonderfully soft light.