Vala Shop and Art Gallery

Vala Shop and Art BoutiqueThe shopping center of Sólheimar provides its residents and visitors with their major necessities. The shop focuses on offering organic products, especially from the bakery, food processing and greenhouses located at Sólheimar.

The Sólheimar Art Boutique is housed in the same building as the Vala shop. The gallery displays and sells crafts made by Sólheimar residents from six different workshops located in Solheimar such as ceramics, woodcrafts, weaving, candles, paintings and cosmetics.

Sólheimar is considered the oldest eco-village in the world. Sólheimar was established as a children’s home 80 years ago, but today Sólheimar focuses on offering people with special needs varied and creative employment opportunities, jobs in organic horticulture and forestry in a close-knit community that focuses on environmental issues and vivid cultural life. Sólheimar workplaces include six creative art workshops, Nærandi - an organic bakery and food processing unit, Ölur - organic forestry, Sunna – organic horticulture, Guesthouse Sesseljuhus, and Græna Kannan – an organic café.

All products are sold in the Vala grocery store and art gallery. is considered the oldest eco-village in the world. Sólheimar was established as a children’s home 80 years ago, but today Sólheimar focuses on offering people with special needs varied and creative employment opportunities, jobs in organic horticulture and forestry in a close-knit community that focuses on environmental issues and vivid cultural life.

Sólheimar workplaces include six creative art workshops, Nærandi - an organic bakery and food processing unit, Ölur - organic forestry, Sunna – organic horticulture, Guesthouse Sesseljuhus, and Græna Kannan – an organic café. All products are sold in the Vala grocery store and art gallery.