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 * Bolungarvík** is a [|fishing village] in the North-West of [|Iceland], located at the [|Vestfirðir] [|peninsula], approximately 14 kilometers from the village of [|Ísafjörður] and 473 km from the capital city [|Reykjavík]. Bolungarvík has around 900 inhabitants.

It is one of Iceland's oldest fishing outposts, well positioned close to abundant fishing grounds. There is a camping site, an indoor swimming pool with a waterslide, A National history museum and an open air fishing museum. The surroundings of Bolungarvík are quite popular destinations for hiking, horse riding and birdwatching.

media type="flickr" key="35034362820@N01" ARG0="&tags=bolungarv%C3%ADk&lang=en-us&format=rss_200" width="500" height="500" Bolungarvik was the location for [|Nói Albínói], a [|movie] by [|Dagur Kári] about a teenager living in a remote Icelandic village. Here is a[| glogster poster] with some screenshots from the movie of Bolungarvik and 8 videoclips (with polish translation) media type="custom" key="10212249" width="120" height="120"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByZOb03d0Ic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abURs3vVQZA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SfbL_51N-o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdLuCgS0img http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpmHHMMu3i http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E46yhKNvooM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5wDDtJJfgk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZsmjUkyxsI


 * [|Bolungarvik is the bird nerd paradise]

Elves
 * [|Fearing elves have been angered, town meets with priest]
 * [|ELFGATE: Elves Still Not Happy, Town Redoubles Efforts To Appease Them]
 * [|The World’s Only Elf School]


 * [|Exploring fishing villages in the far northwest]
 * [|An Offer You Shouldn’t Refuse (Galtarviti)]


 * [|All About The Love (Tales of a weekend in Ísafjörður during the Aldrei fór ég suður festival)]


 * [|Aldrei fór ég suður: Now More Than Ever (2007)]

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