Iceland - Ísafjörður & the West Fjords

August 2, 2010

Maritime Museum

Six young teenagers entertained us at the Maritime Museum. This was their summer job.

West Fjords
West Fjords
West Fjords
West Fjords

Fisherman's Museum

This man is wearing a fisherman’s garb from the late 19th / early 20th century. With the exception of the hat, the entire outfit is handmade from Icelandic sheepskin. They imported the hats from Great Britain.

West Fjords

Village Church

In addition to being places of worship, churches in Iceland function as venues for entertainment.

West Fjords The keyboard of the accordion in this picture has buttons on it: the buttons allow a greater range of octaves to be used and is considered a more “professional” accordion.