Búðir (; also
transliterated
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Búdir) is a small
hamlet
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in
Búðahraun lava fields in
Staðarsveit, which is in the western region of
Iceland
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, on the westernmost tip of the
Snaefellsnes peninsula
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where
Hraunhafnará falls to the sea, the original old name of Búðir having been
Hraunhöfn.
The village belongs to
Snæfellsbær
Snæfellsbær () is a municipality located in western Iceland, in the southwestern part of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula Its administrative centre is Hellissandur and the majority of the residents live in Ólafsvík then Hellissandur and Rif.
Twin to ...
, a
municipality
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that has its administrative centre in the town of
Ólafsvík
Ólafsvík () is a small town in Iceland on the northern side of the Snæfellsnes 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 ...
.
Overview
Búðir is a small hamlet; the home of popular country inn and restaurant,
Hotel Búðir
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and a small medieval church. A fire claimed the restaurant and
Hótel Búðir burned down on 21 February 2001, however they were reconstructed in the original style.
Commercial activity began at Búðir shortly after Iceland was settled. Originally the main function of the hamlet was that to act as a
commercial
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** Radio advertisement
** Television advertisement
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and
trade
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An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct exch ...
hub for Snæfellsnes and the surrounding west coast region, during the Danish occupation. Today the small hamlet is a center of attraction in Snæfellsnes for
tourism.
Sources
Vesturland.is, Afþreying og staðir 14 júlí 2010* Þorsteinn Jósepsson, Steindór Steindórsson, Páll Líndal, Landið þitt Ísland, H-K, Örn og Örlygur, 1982
References
External links
Hotel Búðir
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Populated places in Western Region (Iceland)