Iceland
West Iceland
Snæfellsbær

Pakkhús

Pakkhús is a museum in , which is located on Ólafsbraut. Pakkhús is situated nearby to the town , as well as near the hotel .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Address: Ólafsbraut 12, Ólafsvík, 355
  • Roof shape: gabled

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ólafsvíkurkirkja.

Church
Photo: Bultro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 230 metres west of Pakkhús.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Olafsvik and Rif.

Town
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ólafsvík is a small town in on the northern side of the Peninsula. At one point in the 17th and 18th centuries, commercial vessels sailed between Ólafsvík and Denmark, and the village was one of the larger trading ports in Iceland.

Village
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km northwest of Pakkhús.

Photo: Chris Johnston, CC BY 2.0.
is a village on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in . The village is considered one of the first fishing villages on Iceland, existing already in the 16th century, when people elsewhere mostly lived on agriculture.

Pakkhús

Latitude
64.89612° or 64° 53′ 46″ north
Longitude
-23.70862° or 23° 42′ 31″ west
Levels
3
Open location code
99PRV7WR+CH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 236145110
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
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