Name: Bjarnarhöfn Shark Museum
Address: BjarnarhÃ¶fn, Iceland, IS
Telephone: +354 438 1581

Bjarnarhöfn Shark Museum is a museum, located at Bjarnarhöfn, Iceland. They can be contacted via phone at +354 438 1581, visit their website www.bjarnarhofn.is for more detailed information.

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Added by Jopie, at 20 October 2016

Monday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Wednesday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Thursday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Friday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

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14 April 2018

A must do if in region. We saw doco about it before travelling to Iceland. The museum was $1200 IKR. We found the presentation fascinating but a little short. Then what you go there to do taste fermented shark. Don't try with the rye bread as you need to get the full flavour. There is a strong odour pf ammonia. After tasting you go up to the drying house, and yes it still stinks.
Chris Luehmann

11 April 2018

Great little spot. Interesting and informative place to see the history of hakarl. Fermented Greenland shark. In my opinion the best place to try it. Although I don't personally enjoy the hakarl, I do respect the history behind it.
Lisa D

05 April 2018

Awesome little museum with knowledgeable staff. Neat to look around and taste the fermented shark. It wasn't as bad as you would think! Stop in and spend some time looking around!
Frey Callesen

21 March 2018

The museum was very nice and gives a good insight to general items used through Icelandic history, but there is no general theme to the items. The presentation on Greenland sharks was very good and we got to see two actual sharks.
Also, the tour around the place and tasting was quite nice.
Celeste Dunn

17 February 2018

So seeing how is made did not improved the taste but the bread a was awesome.
Marc Natole

03 February 2018

Very interesting small family owned tourist spot. Quick stop and unique.
Keith Kidd

17 December 2017

This was a surprisingly interesting stop. The young lady who conducted our tour grew up in the family who runs the operation and was a terrific docent. THEY ALSO receive donation of a lot of artifacts outside of the realm of sharks that are pretty interesting.
Michael Prudhomme

11 December 2017

Very unique experience The take-away shark was quite the experience for family, great half-day adventure.
Madalina Mezaros

29 November 2017

Great experience! We came when the museum was closed but the staff let us took the tour anyway and explained us everything. Thank you for all the shark infos!
Hector Ruiz

21 November 2017

Interesting you have to try Hakarl once in your lifetime (spoiler: yes, it tastes like ammonia)
Lawrence Tully

17 October 2017

Friendly staff, very interesting and you get v to try the shark. Well worth it.
John King

24 September 2017

Informative and fun, albeit a little short. But the price is right and trying shark was a cool experience. Definitely worth going
Zackarey Thoutt

13 August 2017

Fun and interactive museum run by one of the last people who putrefies Greenland shark. I won't be eating putrefied shark by choice anytime soon, but is was a fun experience. It tasted like fishy blue cheese.
Sami Ylinen

04 August 2017

The museum is not very big, but well worth a visit. You pay an entrance fee, a guide will tell you how fermented shark is prepared, you can look around in the museum, and you get to try a piece of shark. You can also visit the drying house in the back. Maybe don't stand downwind of it.
Mark Wilson

14 July 2017

A great way to taste the famous fermented shark. They make 60% of the national supply. A fun experience
Carlos Lorca

03 July 2017

It is quite interesting to know more about the traditional rotten shark. It is a small museum plenty of dry animals and other things. After the explanation illustrated with a short video you can try the rotten shark.
John Monast

16 June 2017

Lovely tour. Amazing relics. Hakarl was actually quite nice (a cheesy fish or a fishy cheese Up to you!) and seeing the hanging shark is quite something
Luke Aben

30 May 2017

I was very nervous when arriving after hearing all the stories about the smell and taste of the shark. However arriving at the museum the staff was very reassuring and very informative. I did arrive late to a tour but they allowed me to join along and afterwards took time to answer some of my questions. The shark itself was surprisingly really good and I liked it. Just don't smell it.
Surapat Somsri

17 April 2017

The grandfather was an excellent and amusing host. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have noticed all the interesting details in the museum
Flavio Stanzione

12 March 2017

concept is very cool. museum itself is a big room with a lot of old tools related to hunt and fishing. most interesting part is when they explain the full shark hunt history and the way the shark meat is processed. mus5 have: visit the drying house 100mt far from the museum (which is for free )
Tyler Patton

07 March 2017

My boyfriend and I had a great experience walking through this museum. It's mostly a collection of artifacts and local wildlife displays, but so much is tied back to the history of the family that operates the museum!

I found the history of it all fascinating and it was so much more meaningful to have a family member answer questions.

The shark meat (hárkal) tasting was definitely unique but fun to check off the list of things to do that you can't anywhere else.
Kevin Chan

13 February 2017

This quirky museum is definitely worth a stop on any visit to the Snaefellsnes peninsula. Don't leave without trying a bite of hakarl and also check out the drying shed (full of shark meat) out back.
Cky 78

27 October 2016

The lady that was running the museum the day we were there was pretty knowledgeable and had a sense of humour about the place. It was quite interesting to see all the artifacts their family had collected over the years. I think that is what the museum is; their family's collection of shark fishing artifacts. It was pretty comprehensive. The shark tasting was an experience as well. Haha. I would encourage anyone who enjoys learning and information to stop by.