Blanda Station
Blanda Station presents the art exhibition "Lingering Shadows", the Story of the Reynistaður brothers. A sad story of their death at the area called Kjölur.
Blanda Station features the art exhibitions Lingering Shadows and Reality Check.
Lingering Shadows
This is the story of the Reynistaður brothers and the sad story of their death at the area south of Blanda Station called Kjölur. In the year 1780 the brothers Einar and Bjarni from the farm Reynistaður were sent to southern Iceland to buy sheep. During their journey back home over the highlands with a flock of 180 sheep they were caught in a snowstorm and died near Hveravellir. The body remains were not found until 65 years later.
Baski (Bjarni Skúli Ketilsson) was born in Akranes in 1966. Baski graduated from the Aki Akademie voor beldende kunst Enschede in the Netherlands with a BA in painting and aesthetics in 1998. Baski has held solo exhibitions at many European venues and received various awards.
Reality Check
Blanda Hydropower Station also features the exhibition Reality Check. The photographs by Vigfús Sigurgeirsson show the first president of Iceland, Sveinn Björnsson, travelling through various parts of Iceland. Sigurgeirsson was the official photograph of the president's office. Reality Check is a cooperative project between Landsvirkjun and Reykjavik Arts Festival.
Visitors to Blanda Station are received during summer 2010 every day from 1–5 p.m. until August 23.
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How do I get there?
Turn off Ring Road 1 in Langidalur valley, southeast of Blönduós, taking road 731 up Blöndudalur valley. Cross the river Blanda and continue on Road 732 towards Kjölur in the highlands.
If you are coming from the south, driving north across Kjölur, Blanda Station will be the first building you reach as you drive off the highlands into inhabited areas.
Tourism and outdoor recreation
The Húnavatn region has numerous pleasant hiking routes that are worth examining, and one ideal drive is to make the circuit around Vatnsdalur valley, stopping at Þórdísarlundur tree grove and viewing the church at Þingeyri. Inexpensive yet excellent angling is available in the region's many rivers and lakes.
- The regional heritage at the Reykir museum by Hrútafjörður fjord.
- The Icelandic Seal Center at Hvammstangi.
- The Skagafjörður Heritage Museum
- The Sea Ice Echibition Centre at Blönduós
- The Icelandic Textile Center at Blönduós