Forget our shy and retiring Nessie. The kind of monsters that are said to have roamed the seas off Iceland would have kicked her scaly butt.
Stories of ship-sinking sea monsters off the Westfjords peninsula go back centuries; most famous is the Kraken – a gigantic squid-like beast that captured the international imagination and has featured in many a work of fiction. But many more weird and wonderful legends persist here.
And the most commonly reported critters star in a new Sea Monster Museum in the village of Bíldudalur, Arnarfjördur. As well as compiling hundreds of eye-witness accounts, stories and drawings, it has interactive maps charting where you’re most likely to encounter them.
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