A very popular Christmas market with food and crafts has been held at Höfn in Hornafjörður in December in recent months.
The parties involved in the market are Matís, the Hornafjörður Cultural Center and the State of Vatnajökull. The market offers a lot of food produced in the district, such as dried mutton from the wilderness, hot-smoked mackerel, smoked pork products from Miðskersbúið, vegetable products from Hólabrekka, hot-smoked eel, seafood from Skinney Þinganes, ice from Árbær, birch salt. The market will be open on Saturdays 15 and 22 December from 13:00 -16: 00.
The Christmas market is an outdoor market and is held in stalls that were built this summer. Great care was taken in the construction of the stalls as it was planned that they would look like shark shells, which means that the market has a very Icelandic and old-fashioned look. Various events are offered on the market, such as choir singing, etc. to create a real Hornfirski Christmas mood. There has been a good turnout in the market and food producers who sell food on the market are doing well, as people have been coming to the market from the east to pick up delicious food produced in the region for the festive meal.
For further information Vigfús Þórarinn Ásbjörnsson at Matís.