Borgarnes is a small and tranquil fishing village on the west coast of Iceland, connected by most of the rest of Iceland by the second largest bridge in the country.
The town is famous for being the setting of the Saga of Egil. Therefore, a great deal of the tourism to the village is centered around the characters and specific places mentioned in the story. Egil's nanny and foster mother Þorgerður Brák even has her own artistic monument in Borgarnes called “Brákin” as a way to memorialise the ill fate of the famous character. Directly behind her monument is the Settlement Centre.
The Centre is a primary visitor attraction of Borgarnes. Housed there are two main exhibits. The first looks into the settlement of Iceland as a whole with a great deal of multimedia tools and theatrical techniques. The second focuses on local history as seen in the Saga of Egil, allowing the visitor to wander through all the elements of the story. |
