Varmaland

Varmaland, (on Rd. 527) a school centre built by the big hot spring at the farm Stafholtsveggir. The Borgarfjörður school of domestic science was there for years, the building now housing a middle school. Extensive hothouse cultivation. Mushroom production was first started in Iceland at the nearby farm, Laug­al­and, whose buildings now belong to the Icelandic Teacher’s Training College. There is a walking path through the woods to a cliff called Hnjúkurinn.