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Iceland

We were treated to Icelandic specialties including.. Icelandic Cod.  Delicious.
Interesting room divider with the faces of locals from the past cut into glass.
More faces on another divider, Beautiful
View from above looking down into the dining room where we are to have lunch in a few minutes.
These were some awesome wooden carvings of people in the area
Must be his girlfriend waiting for him in the previous photo.
The bar with the name of the restaurant also
My two newest friends that I just met after lunch...Woody and Splinter.  Amazing all made  out of pieces of wood.
Looking across the village of Siglufjordur, Iceland's northernmost town. At one time the Capital of the North Atlantic's herring industry.
Beggi Alfhorsson, our guide giving us some history of the village and the museum we are about to visit.
The Herring Era Museum., has 5 exhibition buildings. We are entering one of them.
Entrance to another of the Herring Era Museum buildings. The building is called the Róaldsbrakki.
Beggi is explainngg that the Herring Era Museum is the only of its kind in the world. It is Iceland's largest Maritime Museum. It features a variety of cultural exhibits, art works and personal stories and the rich fishing heritagie found within the buildings.
View of the city in its hayday
The name of the town the Museum is located. The spelling is almost impossible to pronounce..
These are the rooms of the workers . It was called The "brakki" and has been left largely in its original state, as the lodging for dozens of 'herring girls' who worked there during the summers.
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Walking through their rooms on the third floor, one experiences the rich flavor of these times.
Thousands of people flocked to Siglufjörður each herring season in search for a well paid job; herring girls, fishermen and other workers. Hundreds of herring girls came from around the country to work during the summer, and they would be housed in the stations where they were employed. So on the upper floor the living quarters are still standing, untouched – and it feels like the girls just ran out for work.
Working outside under all kinds of conditions in front of  the Róaldsbrakki building. In front of Róaldsbrakki there is an old-fashioned pier with work stations for the salting process

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