Grenivík Fishing Museum
Sæland/Hlíðarendi, 610 GrenivíkNorth Iceland

Open from 1st of June to 31st of August, every day from 1 pm-5 pm. The Fishing Museum is in the old baiting shed, called Hlíðarendi. The shed was built in 1920. In the first year, the house was used as a shipyard, where Sigfús Þorsteinsson built his boat called Hermann. The boat is now owned by the museum.
Mostly, the building was used as a baiting shed. The last decade in operation Hlíðarendi was mainly used as a repository for various types of fishing equipment.
The museum is open seven days a week from June 15 to 31.August at. 13:00 to 17:00. Groups can order subject at other times.
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