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The Picturesque Town of Ísafjörður in Iceland (11 Photos)

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Ísafjörður is a city in north-west of Iceland. With the population of 2600 inhabitants it is the largest city on the peninsula Vestfirdir. It is located on a sandy spit of the Skutulsfjörður fjord .
Almost all the inhabitants are engaged in fishing, In the 80s a number of reasons through there was a sharp decline in investment in the fishing industry, fish catching started to decrease, and some residents had to leave for work in big cities.

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