The former NATO Latrar Air Station ceased operations in June 2006. Today the station is part of the Icelandic air defense system and provides airspace control.
Óshlíð is the old road between Bolungarvík and Hnífsdalur. The construction of the road started in 1950s and it served the people of Bolungarvík as the only connection to Iceland's …
You walk along great sights: on one side the steep mountains with bird flocks and small waterfalls and on the other the view of the ocean with the national park / peninsula Hornstrandir. Sea eagles were spotted (but no whales).