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Borg á Mýrum A church and parsonage

Borg á Mýrum, a church and parsonage. Originally settled by Skallagrímur Kveldúlfsson father of the poet Egill Skallagrímsson of Egils saga. Many of his relatives and descendants lived there, including Snorri Sturluson f...
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Eiríksstaðir Eric the Red lived here before he went to Greenland

Eiríksstaðir, an abandoned farm on the land of Stóra-Vatnshorn, where Eric the Red lived before he went to Greenland. It is believed that his son Leifur the Lucky Eiríksson was born there. Archaeological research has bee...
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Höfði

Höfði Hofdi House, built in 1909, is probably one of the most beautiful buildings in Reykjavik. It is best known as the location for the 1986 summit meeting of presidents Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbatsjov, that effec...
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Reykhólar í Breiðafirði one of biggest and richest of manor farms ever since Saga times

Reykhólar, one of biggest and richest of manor farms ever since Saga times, having an eventful history. Some 300 skerries and islands. Much geothermal heat. Several powerful and wealthy men have lived there. Birthplace ...
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Reykholt A church and parsonage

Reykholt, a church, parsonage, a medieval institution and a hotel in one of the most famous places in Iceland’s history, the home of Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241), who was murdered there. Snorri was a writer, chieftain an...
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Hot Springs

Grafarlaug Hot Spring, Possible to bath

The hot spring was built in 1956 and is 12.5 m long, 4.9 m wide and the depth is between 0.9 to 1.3 m. The heat in the hot spring is 26°C. The changing room is dived into two and applicable for 3 persons on each side but...
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Mountains

Baula A Rhyolite Mountain

Baula, (934 m) a rhyolite mountain, most likely a lava bulge from the ice age. The mountain is cone-shaped and steep, with screes and boulders on all sides. There are no particular obstacles for climbers but care should ...
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Natural wonders

Deildartunguhver Most powerful hot spring in Iceland if not Europe

Deildartunguhver , this hot water spring is protected by conservation laws and is the most powerful hot spring in Iceland, with 200 l/sec. of 100°C hot water, supplying the towns of Borgarnes and Akranes with hot water. ...
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Grábrókarhraun A rough lava-field and a crater

By road no. 1 about 37 from Borgarnes
Grábrókarhraun, a rough lava-field about 3,000 years old, covered with moss and birch bushes. The lava came from three craters, Grábrók, which is the largest, Grábrókarfell, and a small crater that has been more or less ...
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Heiðmörk Reservation / Park

A recreation and forestry area bolongin to Reykjavík and the neighbouring communities, a nature reserve since 1948. Millions of trees have been planted there during the last few decades. Heiðmörk is a popular retreive...
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Húsafell A pearl nestled between lava fields and glaciers

Húsafell, the innermost farm in the Hálsasveit district. Formerly a parsonage and church, now a chapel. Made famous among other things by Snorri Björnsson (1710-1803), versifier, poet and strong man, who tried his streng...
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Hvalfjörður The longest fjord in the southwest of Iceland

Hvalfjörður, (“Whale fjord”) the longest fjord in the southwest of Iceland, about 30 km long and up to 84 m deep. Formerly a good harbour, and during the Second World War a big naval base run by the Allied Forces, where...
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Klofningur A belt of rock west of the mountain Klofningsfjall

Klofningur, a belt of rock west of the mountain Klofningsfjall, cleft by a deep chasm through which the highroad goes. Klofningsvegur (Road 590) is 83 km long.
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Krosshólar Large crags

Krosshólar, large crags. Landnámabók (“The Book of Settlements”) states that Auður djúpúðga had a cross raised there, where she went to pray. The remains of her first farm, Auðartóttir, nearby. A stone cross was erected ...
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Saurbær A farm, church and parsonage.

Saurbær, a farm, church and parsonage. Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614-74), the author of the Passíusálmar (“Passion Hymns”), served there 1651-69 and is buried there. Many local features bear his name, such as Hallgrímslind ...
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Surtshellir One of iceland longest best-known caves

Surtshellir, undoubtedly the most famous cave in Iceland. in the Hallmundarhraun lava field about 7 km from the farm Kalmanstunga along a road (F578) that is slow but passable for all cars as far as the caves. There ...
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Víðgelmir One of the biggest lave-caves in Iceland

Víðgelmir, one of the biggest lava-caves in Iceland, ca. 1 km southeast of Fljótstunga, the uppermost farm in the Hvítársíða district. Many stalagmites and stalacites, some evidence of ancient dwellings there.
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Waterfalls

Barnafoss Children´s Waterfall

Barnafoss Waterfall

Barnafoss, (“Children’s falls”) waterfalls in the river Hvítá. Two children are said to have once fallen off a natural rock bridge over the river and drowned, hence the name. There is now a ...
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Hraunfossar Waterfall

Hraunfossar Waterfall

Hraunfossar, (“Lava falls”) along the northern bank of the Hvítá river gorge. Springwater flows from under the lava for about 1 km, cascading in numerous waterfalls between rocks and trees...
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