Harbour Restaurant and Bar A Welcoming New Addition to Skagaströnd
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n the small village of Skagaströnd in Northwest Iceland, you can find a brandnew restaurant, Harbour. The restaurant opened on 17th June 2021, the Icelandic National Day. It is in an old industrial building by the harbour and is the perfect spot to enjoy good food and watch the harbour life. You can often see the fishermen docking their boats with the catch of the day. Harbour Restaurant and Bar is cosy and has a friendly atmosphere. It is owned by two couples Birna Sveinsdóttir and Slavko Velemir, and Hafdís Hrund Ásgeirsdóttir and Stefán Sveinsson. It is important for every town to have a restaurant and there was a gap that needed to be filled in Skagaströnd. “We wondered what we were waiting for and decided to open the restaurant ourselves. We wanted a welcoming restaurant, where people could sit for a long time and enjoy themselves”, Birna said. In the wintertime, people might get lucky and get a Northern Lights show with their dinner.
There is a large choice of meals on the menu. Dishes range from side dishes such as smoked trout, onion rings and a shareable party platter with cheeses, fruits, crackers and more, to hamburgers, pizzas, chicken salad, falafel salad and Icelandic lamb chops. Harbour Restaurant and Bar is not only a restaurant, but also a cultural house. We recommend checking out their Facebook page to see upcoming events. The Christmas buffet in December is sure to be a feast filled with the Christmas spirit.
Halfway between Reykjavík and Akureyri Skagaströnd is a part of the beautiful Arctic Coast Way and only a brief 15-minute drive from the Ring Road. It is also just about halfway between Reykjavík and Akureyri and a great place to stop. The Arctic Coast Way stretches 900 kilometres along the North Atlantic Ocean. It is the first officially opened tourist route in Iceland. It gives people a different way to Fresh Local Food travel the Ring Road and see less-travelled Asked about the menu, she said that everyone areas. Along the way are some of Iceland’s would find something to their liking. “Our most beautiful sightseeing spots. most popular dish so far is the fish and chips, In Northwest Iceland, after having but we put emphasis on using fresh local visited Skagaströnd and Harbour Restaurant produce. We get much of our food products and Bar, we recommend you travel north to very locally,” she said smiling. “Vörusmiðja Kálfhamarsvík. The beautiful lighthouse, BioPol is next door, where local farmers can nestled among columnar basalt, with process their produce, and on the other side, incredible birdlife, is a sight not to be missed. we have a fish market.” -HDB
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Harbour Restaurant & Bar Hafnarlóð 7, 545 Skagaströnd
+354 555 0545 harbour@simnet.is www.harbour.is
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