Church near Búðir, August 1989 Búðir (; also

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Búdir) is a small

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in Búðahraun lava fields in Staðarsveit, which is in the western region of

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, on the westernmost tip of the Snaefellsnes

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where Hraunhafnará falls to the sea, the original old name of Búðir having been Hraunhöfn. The hamlet belongs to

Snæfellsbær Snæfellsbær () is a municipality located in western Iceland, in the southwestern part of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. Its administrative centre is Hellissandur and the majority of the residents live in the coastal villages of Ólafsvík, then Hell ...

, a

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that has its administrative centre in the town of

Ólafsvík Ólafsvík () is a small town in Iceland on the northern side of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. At one point in the 17th and 18th centuries, commercial vessels sailed between Ólafsvík and Denmark, and the village was one of the larger trading ports ...

Overview

Búðir is a small hamlet; the home of popular country inn and restaurant, Hotel Búðir and a small medieval church. A fire claimed the restaurant and Hótel Búðir burned down on 21 February 2001, however they were reconstructed in the original style. Commercial activity began at Búðir shortly after Iceland was settled. Originally the main function of the hamlet was that to act as a

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and

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hub for Snæfellsnes and the surrounding west coast region, during the Danish occupation. Today the small hamlet is a center of attraction in Snæfellsnes for

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Sources

Vesturland.is, Afþreying og staðir 14 júlí 2010
* Þorsteinn Jósepsson, Steindór Steindórsson, Páll Líndal, Landið þitt Ísland, H-K, Örn og Örlygur, 1982

References

External links

Hotel Búðir
{{DEFAULTSORT:Budir Populated places in Western Region (Iceland)