Budardalur is the main administrative and service centre in the Dalabyggd region.

Few parts of Iceland are as rich in history as Dalabyggd, where records go back virtually unbroken to the Settlement in the 9th and 10th centuries.

On the 24th July 2000, a replica of a Viking ship, Islendingur (Icelander), set sail from Budardalur harbour en route for Greenland and America, retracing the first Viking voyages to North America.

The old cooperative building by the harbour is being converted into a museum to house an exhibition about Leif-the-Lucky, the first European to set foot in America and the local Saga of the People of Laxardalur (Laxdaela Saga).

From Reykjavík City Centre to Budardalur: 153 km.
Population: 250.

Guesthouse, camping site, restaurant, café and museum.