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Fáskrúðsfjörður was home to a hospital founded to serve French fishermen working here until 1935. The former hospital building dating from 1903 has now been restored as a hotel. Even nowadays there are bilingual signs in town indicating the street names in
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There are tour operators offering trips by boat to the small uninhabited island Skrúður which is famous for its large variety of sea birds, especially for its puffins. In the east of Fáskrúðsfjörður, on the farm
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The other neighbouring villages which compose the municipality of Fjarðabyggð are:
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