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 Seyðisfjörður claims to be the smallest cosmopolitan town in the world with 750 inhabitants a number of whom are living or working in well-preserved old timber buildings. In fact, these buildings were imported from Norway in kit-form between 1895-1922. Many have survived today as homes, business premises and public buildings.
Visitors can stroll through the streets reliving the history of the community and its old buildings.
Cruiseships approach Seyðisfjörður, the first port from  Europe and last port to Europe, along a 17km deep calm fjord of the same name. Here the town nestles beneath two 1,000mtr mountains Strandartindur and Bjólfur. In the valley above the town, the river Fjarðará cascades in over 25 waterfalls down to the lagoon at the head of the fjord.
The port boasts a modern cruise and ferry terminal building with gangway and two berths. Smyril Line’s Noorana ferry calls once a week linking the port with continental Europe. Anchorage is excellent in the fjord.
 The East Iceland Museum of Technology is open daily between 11 and 6 during the summer months. Closeby is the municipal offices and museum of technology, once owned by the Great Nordic Telegraph Company when in 1906 Iceland was first connected to the outside world by a submarine telephone cable that came ashore at Seyðisfjörður. Inside are examples of early telecommunications equipment.
POPULAR TOURS:
- Borgarfjörður Eystri
- A tour around Lagarfljót
- A tour to Hengisfoss waterfall
- Skálanes – nature and heritage
- Town and nature
- Bjólfur – (snow) avalanche barrier with a magnificent view
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