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Kópanes lighthouse

Kópanesviti is in Kópanes, at the far end of the peninsula between Tálknafjörður and Arnarfjörður. It was built in 1971 and lit with gas lamps until it was electrified with solar energy in 1993. The lighthouse is 6.4 m high. The designer is engineer Aðalsteinn Júlíusson. There is a shelter for castaways at the lighthouse.

Kópanes lighthouse

Kópanesviti is in Kópanes, at the far end of the peninsula between Tálknafjörður and Arnarfjörður. It was built in 1971 and lit with gas lamps until i
Samuel's Sculptures in Selardalur

Samuel's Sculptures in Selardalur

Samúel Jónsson´s outstanding naive sculptures and buildings in Selárdalur valley in Arnarfjordur had been rapidly decaying when a society for it´s res
Ketildalir and Selardalur

Ketildalir and Selardalur

The Ketildalir valleys are on the southern shore of the fjord Arnarfjordur. The best know of those valleys is probably Selardalur, a very popular dest
Samúel Jónsson´s Art Museum

Samúel Jónsson´s Art Museum

 Samúel Jónsson (1884-1969) has been called "the simple-hearted artist". When he received old-age pension, he built an art museum and a church, made m