curious FACTs ABOUT STYKKISHÓLMUR

A person from Stykkishólmur is called “Hólmari”.

The town was named after a small island in front of the harbor called “Stykkið” (the piece).

Stykkishólmur has an excellent basketball team called Snæfell, one of the best in Iceland.

Stykkishólmur has the longest record keeping on the weather in Iceland, or since 1845.

The islands in Breiðarfjörður are innumerable, because no one knows the difference between an island and a rock in the ocean.

Plastic bags are banned, the locals of Stykkishólmur like to keep it green and clean.

Stykkishólmur was featured in the Hollywood movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

The whole town offers free Wi-Fi.