Neskaupstadur

Neskaupstadur is a town located at the fjord Nordfjordur on the eastern facet of Iceland. It is part of the municipality of Fjardabyggd and, as of 2016; it has a populace of 1,481. Neskaupstaður is the 4th biggest metropolis in Eastern Region. The city changed into firstly built on a farm called "Nes", settled with the aid of Egill raudi the crimson. Until 1949, the city was most effective accessible by means of boat. Now it's far linked through a 626-meter long single-lane tunnel that passes thru the Oddskard mountains.

The tunnel is 632 meters above the ocean degree. The tunnel was built among 1974 to 1977. The tunnel is now closed. The metropolis is now related with more moderen 7900-meter tunnels, the largest in the us of a. The building of an aluminum smelter and a brand new hydroelectric power-plant in East Iceland in 2003 reinvigorated the local economic system. Síldarvinnslan h/f operates one of the maximum advanced fish processing flora in Europe, it particularly produces fish for human intake. The corporation and its partners operate in 5 locations in Iceland and within the USA and Greenland.