Djupivogur, Djúpavogshreppur, Iceland - 06/16/17

Djúpavogshreppur COA

 Our second stop in Iceland is a small town formed in 1992, by the merging of three rural communities; Berunes, Buland and Geithellur.
 As we expected from one of the less dense countries on earth, the population is tiny, 456 inhabitants, which makes us an amazing 5% of the entire population.
Iceland is all about natural beauty; on the hands of the lucky 456 inhabitants is a diverse landscape , with lagoons, mountains, fjords and beaches, all within the 1.133 km²(437 sq mi) area of the city.

Interesting fact:

• Hans Jonatan, known for being the first person of color to live in Iceland, fled from Denmark as a slave to Djupivogur in 1820 and worked at a trading post. He married and had three children, of which two survived. His descendants now number over nine hundred.

As we observed, most of the attractions here in Iceland are going to be landscapes and geological formations, because of the nature of the land.

The landscape in Djupivogur is dominated by a pyramid shaped mountain; Bulandstindur, at 1069m (3507 ft), which according to legend, can make make wishes come true in the summer solstice.

Walking around, we discovered some sort of museum in the city, by the name of Langabud' cultural center, said to be the oldest house in Djupivogur, built in 1790.
It houses works by sculptor Rikard'ur Jonsson, a heritage museum and a coffee shop. Very surprising, even the small cities in Iceland are bringing us something new.




Just outside of the museum is a sculpture by world famous Icelandic artist Sigurd'ur Gud'mundsson, consisted of bird nests and 34 stone eggs.

Just after leaving, we went to Bulandsnes, a bird sanctuary, to do some bird watching.
The sanctuary is renowned among bird lovers and contains most Icelandic birds.
There were also bird and seal watching boat tours available, but after the hike in Bulandstindur we couldn't seem to make it.