📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
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💼 What the programme involves
SEEDS volunteers will have, for the fifth year in a row, the opportunity to assist with a local fair in the West Fjords of Iceland. Our host is the municipality of Reykholahreppur, in which the village of Reykholar is the largest settlement with about 115 inhabitants.The volunteers will help with various tasks in preparation for the fair, during the fair itself and after it ends. The festival aims to promote the local history and culture, so this project is very good for volunteers interested in these aspects in a remote area of the country. Tasks will include beautifying the area in and around the town, helping with the village festivities by preparing for evening shows and entertainment during the festival, beautifying the area before the fair as well as cleaning up after the festival.
🏠 Accommodation on site
SEEDS volunteers will stay in a local school sharing rooms. Volunteers will have access to toilets and shower facilities. Please bring your own sleeping bag.Volunteers will receive food and be in charge of the cooking, cleaning activities and will divide the tasks among themselves. The food will partly be from the surrounding area giving volunteers a chance to try the local fare and experience with local ingredients. Please do not forget some traditional/typical food from your home for the international evening.
📍 About the location
Volunteers will stay in the south part of the West fjords of Iceland, in the municipality of Reykholahreppur, which is located about 230 kilometres from Reykjavik. The area boasts of beautiful landscape which catches the eye of everyone who travels through. It is a great place to stop and enjoy nature, go for hikes and for bird watching. The village gives a unique and beautiful view of the Breioafjorour Bay. Geothermal heat can be found in the area, one of the few areas in the West fjords which have geothermal heat, and in the olden days it was used to grow corn. The only Algae factory in Iceland is located in Reykholahreppurand has been running since 1975. The factory has organic certification. Economically, the town is quite different from many other of the Westfjord communities. It is not a fishing village, due in large to the shallow waters of the eastern end of Breioafjorour. Historically, however, it has made its way over the years through the harvest of natural resources. In the past this has included the harvesting of seals and birds, the history of which is documented in the Gifts of Nature Museum located adjacent to the tourist information centre.This is quite a historic place which is mentioned in many Viking Sagas especially the one of Grettir the strong or Grettissaga. The local swimming pool is named after him and is called Grettislaug. The distance is around 230 Km from Reykjavik, 240 Km from safjorour and 350 Km from Akureyri.
⚠️ Requirements
Participation fee EUR 160 (Euros). To be paid to SEEDS on arrival in Euros or Icelandic Kronur.