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Population4,639
GeoNames
RegionSouth
Elevation25 m
82 ft
Time zoneAtlantic/Reykjavik
Nearest airportVestmannaeyjar Airport (VEY)
2 km
Why visit Vestmannaeyjar
Townapedia lists 14 museums and landmarks, 7 parks and trails, 23 places to eat, 12 places to stay and 12 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Sæheimar Aquarium, Home Rock, Medical Museum and Sagnheimar Folk Museum.
Weather in Vestmannaeyjar
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Things to do12
Museums and landmarks14
Sagnheimar Folk Museum
Museum
52 Kirkjuvegur
May 1-Sep 30: 10:00-17:00; Oct 1-Apr 30: Mo-Sa 12:00-15:00
Legsteinn séra Jóns Thorsteinssonar píslarvotts
Monument and historic site · 1.2 km
2 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds7
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Restaurants and cafes23
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11 more on the map.
Where to stay12
Churches and places of worship5
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Shopping7
Gas and EV charging6
Schools, colleges and libraries5
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Healthcare2
Map of Vestmannaeyjar
93 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Vestmannaeyjar Airport (VEY) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 2 km away.
- Hvolsvöllur 34 km north, about 34 min by car
- Hella 44 km north, about 44 min by car
- Selfoss 65 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Eyrarbakki 64 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Þorlákshöfn 71 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Hveragerði 77 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Flúðir 77 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
Photo credits
- Vestmannaeyjar006, Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Vestmannaeyjar harbour, 2017-07-10 nr.179.jpg179, Simone, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2014-09-14 16-55-51 Iceland - Vestmannaeyjum Vestmannaeyjar, Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded with Commonist ., CC BY-SA 3.0
- Vestmannaeyjar harbour, 2017-07-10 nr.176, Simone, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Vestmannaeyjar harbour, 2017-07-10 nr.177, Simone, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2014-09-14 14-51-38 Iceland - Vestmannaeyjum Vestmannaeyjar, Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded with Commonist ., CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2014-09-14 14-54-02 Iceland - Vestmannaeyjum Vestmannaeyjar, Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded with Commonist ., CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2014-09-14 14-53-50 Iceland - Vestmannaeyjum Vestmannaeyjar, Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded with Commonist ., CC BY-SA 3.0
- Haltdalen stave church replica vestmannaeyjar roof, Alarichall, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Haltdalen stave church replica vestmannaeyjar outside 2, Alarichall, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Haltdalen stave church replica vestmannaeyjar corridor, Alarichall, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Haltdalen stave church replica vestmannaeyjar nave, Alarichall, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2014-09-14 13-38-19 Iceland - Vestmannaeyjum Vestmannaeyjar, Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded with Commonist ., CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2014-09-14 13-38-01 Iceland - Vestmannaeyjum Vestmannaeyjar, Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded with Commonist ., CC BY-SA 3.0
- Vestmannaeyjar096, Hansueli Krapf ( User:Simisa ), CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2014-09-14 14-59-34 Iceland - Vestmannaeyjum Vestmannaeyjar, Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded with Commonist ., CC BY-SA 3.0
- Iglesia de postes de Heimaey, Islas Vestman, Suðurland, Islandia, 2014-08-17, DD 097 (cropped), Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Vestmannaeyjabaer, No machine-readable author provided. Spm assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY 2.5
- Hásteinsvöllur í Vestmannaeyjum, Halli14, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Faro Urða, Heimaey, Islas Vestman, Suðurland, Islandia, 2014-08-17, DD 072 (cropped), Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Landakirkja í Vestmannaeyjaprestakalli 2, TommyBee, CC0
- Háskóli Íslands, Vestmannaeyjum, The original uploader was Spm at Icelandic Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0
- Heimaey harbour - panoramio, Bjarne Henning Kvaal…, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Port of Heimaey, Clem23, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Teista - Cepphus grylle - Black Guillemot, óskar elías sigurðsson, CC BY 2.0
- Ça souffle... (4841728441), Julien Carnot, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Heimaey - panoramio (2), voilier.evidence@gma…, CC BY 3.0
- 36 Die Belugawale, Ekki3, CC BY 4.0
- Icelandic signposts (3420387334), Thomas Quine, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Westman islands old fishing vessel (14832120123), Brian Gratwicke from DC, USA, CC BY 2.0
- Port of Heimaey2, Clem23, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cliff near the harbour at Heimaey - panoramio (1), Bjarne Henning Kvaal…, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Near the harbour at Heimaey - panoramio, Bjarne Henning Kvaal…, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cliff near the harbour at Heimaey - panoramio, Bjarne Henning Kvaal…, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Afhending Eyjasundsbikarsins, Jóhannes Jónsson, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Iceland 2015 - panoramio (1), voilier.evidence@gma…, CC BY 3.0
- Heimaey - panoramio (1), voilier.evidence@gma…, CC BY 3.0
- Boats. Harbour at Heimaey - panoramio (2), Bjarne Henning Kvaal…, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Heimaey, vu du Nord, Alvaro, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Boats. Harbour at Heimaey - panoramio, Bjarne Henning Kvaal…, CC BY-SA 3.0
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