Grundarfjordur is a friendly fishing town on the northern coastline of the central western peninsula, Snaefellsnes. Just west of the town is rather a high rising, steep mountain, The Church Mountain. The Danish, who lived in the area in the past, mostly merchants, called it "The Sugar Top".

The distance from there to the rich fishing grounds of the second largest bay of Iceland is short. The deep sea fishing vessels are well equipped and the anglers take their catch with them if they wish. The distance from the capital to Grundarfjordur is 187 km by the Whale Bay tunnel.