Garðskagi is an ideal destination for all seasons, be it summer, winter, spring or fall. The sunset in Garðskagi is renowned for its beauty and a traveler once remarked that it was even more beautiful than in Jamaica, only Garður was much more affordable. In the cold dark winter nights when the sunset is far away, nothing can compare to the view of the northern lights.

Gaðskagi is only a 10 minute trip from Leifur Eiriksson Air Terminal, 20 minutes from the Blue Lagoon and 40 minutes fram Reykjavik city centre.

The Garðskagi Folk Museum first opened its doors, November 26. in the year 1995, in some old farmhouses. Last year, on its 10 year anniversary, a new 700m2 showroom was opened and on the top floor there is a lovely cafeteria.

Various interesting artifacts from the story of Garður can be found in the museum, including a century old turning lathe, a homemade organ which is also more than a century old. There is also a boat with six oars, which dates back to the year 1887, made by the famous Engey type, and countless other things.

Gudni Ingimundarson´s motor collection is what sets Garðskagi Folk Museum apart from any other museum. Gudni has been restoring motors since 1972, but he oldest motor is the 1920 Sandia.
The old Garðskagi Lighthouse was built in 1897 and lit the way for seafarers until the year 1944 when the lights went on in the new lighthouse. The unique motor collection is the work of one man, Gudni Ingimundarson from Garðsstaðir, seen here with curator Asgeir Hjalmarsson, starting one of the motors.

Garðskagi has long been treacherous for ships to pass and about twenty ships stranded there in the twentieth century. Fortunately, no one of their crewmembers is known to have perished.

The Garðskagi beach is an excellent bird watching spot. It is the spring and summer home of a wide array of migrating birds, one of the most diverse in the whole of Iceland. Those who can´t tell the species apart can look them up on the sign by the old lighthouse parking lot. The signs are in Icelandic as well as English and other foreign languages.

Garðskagi has an excellent campsite and caravan facility with toilets and running water.

A cafeteria called Flösin is based in the upper floor of the Folk Museum. There you can get refreshments all day and, during the summer, into the night. The cafeteria´s balcony offers a spectacular view from where you can see the sun set over Snæfellsjökul glacier while it casts its orange glow over the surrounding mountaintops. It also has powerful binoculars which can be used to watch the seabirds and perhaps some jumping whales.

Garðskagi Folk Museum
Tel: 422-7220 GSM/Mobile: 894-2135
e-mail: gardskagi@simnet.is

Opening Hours:
Summer: april 1. until october 31. Every day 13-17
Winter: Contact curator by 894-2135 or via e-mail: gardskagi@simnet.is

Flösin Cafeteria:
Opening Hours:
April 1. to December 31. open 13-24 every day (except for holidays).
January 1. to March 31. open 13-22 Friday, Saturday, Sunday (or according to agreement)