Sæból in Ingjaldssandur valley by Önundarfjörður.
If you drive further on and pass Skrúður then you will reach Núpur in Dýrafjörður fjord (see my hotel tip). Driving along road 624 to the very end of it you will reach Ingjaldssandur by Önundarfjörður valley. The drive will take you 12% up a mountain on a small gravel road. The first time I went there we drove into the clouds so it was pretty scary. But on the other end of the mountain a beautiful valley opens up - Ingjaldssandur. This is what I call remote here in Iceland and this is where my grandmother was born. I went there on a family reunion in the summer of 2010. Ca 100 people used to live and work in the valley in the early 20th century, but now only a handful of people live there. There is a lovely small church here and a social club called Vonaland. There people from the neighbouring villages and farms meet at Sandaball during Verslunarmannahelgin, the first weekend in August,...
