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 Brjanslaekur, an ancient manor and parsonage, is situated at the head of
Bay Vatnsfjordur. During catholic times the patron saint of its church was St.
Gregorius. Hamlet Brjanslaekur is one of the two end stations of the car ferry
Baldur and the location of a small fishing outfit. South of it, down by the sea, are old
ruins called Floka ruins. They were named after one of the three discoverers of the
country, Raven-Floki. He had ravens with him on his way to the country to
decide where the nearest country was located by releasing them at
intervals. He climbed a mountain in the area and saw a bay further north filled with pack
ice and named the country accordingly. Thick strata of clear
and intact fossilized plants and tree trunks have been found in a gully
just above the hamlet.
Flokalundur is a nicely
situated hotel 6 km from the hamlet with a nearby swimming pool, a salmon
river and a trout and char fishing lake.
The distance from the capital is 371 km by road
and by the Whale Bay tunnel and about 172 km by car to Stykkisholmur and 72 km by the car ferry from
there.
Patreksfjordur
61km, Isafjordur
116 km. Folk museum at Hnjotur
53 km, Latrabjarg
75
km <Flokalundur> Brianslaekur
6 km Bjarkarlundur 126 km.
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