Grindavik

Grindavik is a fishing city on the Southern Peninsula of Iceland. It is one of the few towns with a harbour at this coast. Most of the population paintings inside the fishing enterprise. The Blue Lagoon, Grindavik's surest attraction, is positioned 3 miles from the metropolis centre. Landnama or The Book of Settlements mentions that around 934 Viking settlers, Molda-Gnupur Hrolfsson and Þorir Haustmyrkur Vigbjoosson, arrived within the Reykjanes region. Borir settled in Selvogur, and Krisuvik and Molda-Gnupur in Grindavik.

The origins of the municipality can be traced to Einar Einarsson's choice to transport there to construct and run a shop in 1897. During that time the population become most effective round 360. Fishing had for centuries been a essential detail inside the survival of Grindavik's population, however fishing journeys have been often risky. Men have been often misplaced at sea and the trap now not always strong. However, whilst a more secure get entry to factor to land became created in 1939, fishing situations changed dramatically. From 1950 serious improvement inside the fishing industry had started to take area. Grindavik turned into d a municipality in 1974.