What is the settlement centre?
The Sagas - Iceland´s most important cultural heritage
Settlement Exhibition - Egils Saga Exhibition
In two exhibitons The Settlement Centre tells the Saga of The Settlement of Iceland and Iceland´s most famous viking and first poet Egill Skallagrimsson.
It gives the traveler a good foundation for further knowledge when traveling in Iceland.
Audio guides in English, German, French, Italian, Polish, Norwegian, Spanish, Japanese, Russian and Icelandic. A complete circuit of each exhibition takes about 30 minutes.
Read more about The Settlement Exhibition
Read more about The Egil Saga Exhibition
We provide guides on tours to historic places in Egils Saga.
The centre is open all year with it´s restaurant, gift shop and theatrette.
Read more about the restaurant.
Awards 2007 - 2009
1. The tourist industry innovation award 2006.
2. The Icelandic woman entrepreneur award 2007
3. International innovaton award given by FCEM international business
4. Eyrarrós - given to outstanding cultural projects in rural Iceland.
Eyrarrós is given by Reykjavik´s Art Festival, Icelandic Airlines and The Institude of Regonal Development. It is one of Iceand´s most important rewards given in this field, patroned by Iceland´s First Lady Dorrit Mousaieff.
West Iceland - The Sagaland
The saga of the Settlement of Iceland and the Viking Egill Skallagrimsson
The ideal starting point - Audio guide in ten languages
Places of interest
Looking for places of interest in West Iceland The Settlement Centre at Borgarnes is a unique place to visit.
The prime objective of the Icelandic Settlement Centre at Borgarnes is to dramatically recreate the fascinating sagas surrounding the birth of this island nation. It is not a museum but rather an instalation. Multi-media and theatrical techniques are employed to help the visitor experience first hand the trepidation and excitement of setting off over the open ocean for lands unknown. Audio guides lead the visitor on a voyage of discovery and are available in Icelandic, English, German, French, Norwegian, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Russian and Japanese. A complete circuit of each exhibition takes about 30 minutes. Read more about the two exhibitions.