Búðir
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Búðir (Icelandic pronunciation: Snaefellsnes peninsula where Hraunhafnará falls to the sea, the original old name of Búðir having been Hraunhöfn.
The village belongs to Snæfellsbær, a municipality that has its administrative centre in the town of Ólafsvík.
Overview
Búðir is a small hamlet; the home of popular country inn and restaurant,
Hotel Búðir and a small medieval church. A fire claimed the restaurant and Hótel Búðir
burned down on 21 February 2001, however they were reconstructed in the original style.
Commercial activity began at Búðir shortly after Iceland was settled. Originally the main function of the hamlet was that to act as a
touris
m.
Sources
- Vesturland.is, Afþreying og staðir 14 júlí 2010
- Þorsteinn Jósepsson, Steindór Steindórsson, Páll Líndal, Landið þitt Ísland, H-K, Örn og Örlygur, 1982
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64°49′23″N 23°23′06″W / 64.8231°N 23.3849°W
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