Skógar

Museum of Skógar

Church of the museum at Skógar, behind it the mountain range Eyjafjöll

Pétursey, fishing boat at the museum

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Þórður Tómasson, founder of the museum

Skógar, IPA: [ˈskou.ar], literally forests, is a small Icelandic village with a population of roughly 25 located at the south of the Eyjafjallajökull glacier, in the municipality of Rangárþing eystra.

The area is known for its waterfall, Skógafoss, on the Skógá river, which springs of 60 meters top of an eroded cliff. At Skógar is a folk museum, Skógasafn, open daily, all the year, as well as a museum on transport in Iceland.

Not far from Skógar is the Kvernufoss fall. Moreover, further upstream in the Skógá river there are many other spectacular falls. While going up in the small forest behind the old school some ruins of old farms can be seen and easily accessed.

See also

• List of settlements in Iceland
• Waterfalls of Iceland

External links

• Informations
• Informations on the museum (in Icelandic)
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