Höfn is a tiny town situated on the southeastern side of the country located in a fiord named Hornafjörður, the town is built up around a natural harbour, indeed the name Höfn translates to harbour and as there are more small towns that have the same name it´s generally referred to as "Höfn in Hornafirði" to diffrencite from the others. The town and the surrounding area are know to have the best weather conditions in the country and typically recodrs the highest avarage temperature, this is due to it´s southerly location and paradoxically to the closeness of Europes largest glacier Vatnajökull, but it acts as a sort of a buffer on the surrounding area.

Transportation

The town is about 459 Km from Reykjavík by road. There is a small airport situated about 7 Km from the town itself.

Local Economy

Mostly based around servicing the surrounding countyside and related activities but there are also fisheries along with meat and fish processing plants.

Places To See

Not much frankly, there is however a somwhat oddball family festival held there in the beginning of july each year, it´s called the "Humarhátíð" wich translates as the "Lobster Festival" and it has all the usual discoteques, rock concerts featuring local talent, art shows, poertry readings plus all the usual that you will expect at a local family orientated festival. Lovers of horses will also be at home there since there are at the least 4 horse rental operations in or just outside of the town.