Stykkisholmur Shipwreck

Stykkisholmur Shipwreck

About the place

Just outside Stykkishólmur, an old fishing boat sits abandoned on the shore of Breiðafjörður, its rusting hull slowly worked over by the tide. No plaque marks it and no record confirms its name or how it came to rest here — just a decaying wreck on a remote stretch of coast, the kind of scene photographers seek out. Reaching it means a short walk over open, often marshy ground with no built path, which keeps it quiet even in high season.