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Sauđárkrókur

 

Sauđárkrókur is the largest urban area in Skagafjörđur with a population of around 2700 people. There you can find a primary school, hospital and a health centre and moreover a secondary school which serves the North Western part of Iceland. Krókurinn as it is called in day-to-day conversation is known as a sports town and there is a splendid new sports house, a horse riding hall, a swimming pool and skiing slopes on Tindastóll with 1150 metre long ski lift in 15 km distance from town.

At Krókurinn you will find a golf course, hotel, guesthouses and all general services such as a post office, banks, shops and restaurants. The cultural life of Sauđarkrókur is of high quality for example good a drama society, music school and the regional archives of Skagafjörđur - one of the best archives in the country. Many scholars who want peace and quiet in which to conduct their research seek sanctuary at the archives.

Furthermore the town has a museum and there are many exhibitions to examine e.g. a machine workshop, a woodworking workshop, a rock exhibition and much more. In the oven workshop of Ingimundur in Suđurgata, you can see in its original condition an oven workshop on the first floor but there is a flat on the second floor. Therefore many things are to be seen in Sauđárkrókur and it's worth a visit.