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Búðardalur Travel Guide

Type
Cultural attractions, Villages
Country
Iceland
High season
Summer
Average temperature
0°C - 1°C / 32°F - 33.8°F
Language
Icelandic
Family-friendly
Yes
Population
266
Average rating
9.4
Number of reviews
7

Town Búðardalur seen from drone. Small town in the west part of Iceland.Budardalur is a village of around 650 inhabitants in the fjord Hvammsfjordur, innermost off Breidafjordur. It is the service center for the area.

Explore this area while on a self drive tour in Iceland.

The area around Budardalur, i.e. Dalir, features prominently in Laxdaela Saga. Also, Eric the Red, the first European settler in Greenland, resided not far from the village, at Eiriksstadir. The village was further immortalised in more recent times by the Icelandic pop classic  'Heim i Budardal' ('Home to Budardalur).

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