Osvor Maritime Museum

Small but interesting

The best part of visiting this museum was listening to an old Icelandic fisherman telling us about traditional Icelandic fishing. You can see a traditional fishing boat and some old buildings.

We loved it

We visited in winter. The place was officially closed, but we could still walk around the site which is located on the shore. Wonderful replica fishing huts with grass roofs and fish drying shack wi...

The tough life of Icelandic fishermen

Thanks to a very nice and interesting guide you learn a lot about the way Icelandic fishermen used to live not that long ago. You will visit the community homes where the all crew of the fishing boat...

A hidden gem

Blink and you'll miss it - but its worth stopping to see through this tiny museum with a real story of earlier times of the fishing history of the town. The harshness of conditions - spending weeks in...

Go fishing back in time

This is a collection of historic buildings based on the fishing industry. We had a female guide dressed as a fisher woman who explained how they fished in olden days. Old wooden boat with rock ancho...