We are open for the summer
This summer we will travel around the world in 80 days with pop-up menus from local and visiting chefs. Fresh pop-up menu every week, live music, bingo and DJ’s
Fresh pop-up menus
Every week we get local and visiting chefs from all around the world with some fresh pop up menus
Live music!
We get some great bands and troubadours to play at our venue
Bingo!
We love Bingo! Enjoy playing with friends and you might meet Bingo Bogga!
Dj's
Our favourite DJ’s come over and play some great music for us
Here to the right, you can look at this weekend’s pop-up menu. It is available in Icelandic and English.
Our Venue
Beituskúrinn has two inside rooms; both lined with timber and decorated with old world pieces that emphasize its rustic past. When the sun is shining, open the double doors and spread out onto the huge deck to hear the lapping waters of Norðfjörður under your feet. As it’s Iceland, the weather is less than reliable, so we can also arrange marquees that connect the outdoor and indoor spaces, protecting your event and equipment whatever the weather.
With its picturesque setting of mountain and ocean and the easy walk to local accommodation, Beituskúrinn is an ideal summer location for your wedding, meeting or to throw a concert.
If you’d like see what we can do to help your day go perfectly click below:
History
In the 1800s Iceland bought many of its houses prefabricated from Norway, Beituskurinn is one of these. It arrived in the Eastern fjords 1890s and started its life as housing for one of the whaling stations. When the station closed the house was packed up and brought by sea to Neskaupstadur to start its next life on one the towns dock-piers. For the next 40 years the building housed 4 sailors over the summer fishing season, and barrels of salted cod – bacalao. I fishy scented home for sure.
In the late 30s the summer fishermen moved out and fishing equipment moved in. Workers would sit amongst the nets and floats, baiting fishing lines for the next trip to sea; hence the name Beituskurinn (baitshack). For the next 80 years the walls absorbed the smell of scales of fish, until 2016, when Hildibrand decided to build a bar.
Over the next year the family cleaned, repaired, and painted until, in the summer of 2017, they opened the doors to a transformed Beituskurinn, no longer a home of fishing tackle but a bar/restaurant.
Now, on a sunny summer day, instead of baiting lines, you can sit on the deck with the waves lapping below you, watching whales breach less than 50 meters off shore. Dive off the pier and warm yourself with a warm meal and a blanket. Come for a concert, or just to share a quiet drink with friends.
REVIEWS
Opening hours
Lunch:
12:00 -14:00
Restaurant:
17:00 - 21:00
WEEKENDS:
12:00 - 24:00
CONTACT US
PHONE
+354 477 1950
info@beituskurinn.is
ADDRESS
Egilsbraut 26,
740 Neskaupstaður
Iceland