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Hveravellir has the best natural hot tub in Iceland
The area around stratovolcano Askja is where the NASA astronauts trained for the first trip to the moon.
Glacier Walks
Daily departures from Húsafell and Reykjavík to the World´s largest ice tunnel on Langjökull glacier.
Book your tour online, www.intotheglacier.is Tel: +354 578-2550
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A RARE,ONCEIN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY Daily departures from Húsafell and Reykjavík to the World´s largest ice tunnel on Langjökull glacier.
Reykholt was the home of Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241), the author of Prose Edda.
The Geysir geothermal area and the nearby waterfall Gullfoss are some of Iceland’s most popular tourist attractions.
The crater Kerið (formed about 6,500 years ago)
Two out of every three Icelanders live in the capital area.
Hekla is Iceland’s most famous volcano. It erupts approximately every 15 years
The volcanic fissure Laki erupted 1783-1786, creating one of the largest lava flows in human history.
Skálholt
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Keflavík International Airport is where 96% of visitors arrive in Iceland.
Vatnajökull largest glacier, percent of
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Þingvellir National Park is where Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament, was founded in 930 AD and also where two continental shelves are moving apart.
According to legend, Reykjavík was home to Iceland’s first permanent settlers, the Norse Viking couple Ingólfur Arnarson and Hallveig Fróðadóttir, who arrived in 874 AD.
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Sub-glacial stratovolcano Snæfellsjökull is the entrance to a passage leading to the centre of the earth, according to Jules Verne’s novel, Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864).
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Don’t Fight the Power. Feel It.
Open every day from 9am-5pm. exhibition@on.is Tel: (+354) 591 2880 www.onpower.is/exhibition
Glacier Walks
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Landmannalaugar is a colourful geothermal oasis and a gateway to the highlands.
A journey into RAUFARHÓLSHELLIR
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+354 760 1000 info@thelavatunnel.is
Wonders of the Volcano Volcano Documentary and Geological Exhibition in Reykjavík, next to the Old Harbour.
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Fishing town Grindavík, located in the lava field of Reykjanes peninsula, is next door to the Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa.
T O U R I S T I N F O R M AT I O N I N R E Y K J AV Í K What’s On (Open from 8:30 every day) .............. Laugavegur 5
Volcano Katla, underneath the Mýrdalsjökull icecap, last erupted 1918. Scientists believe another eruption may be on its way.
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Half the town on Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago was covered by lava in the famous Eldfell eruption in 1973. The community was rebuilt and now boasts one of the largest fishing harbours in Iceland.
Eyjafjallajökull erupted in 2010, leaving hundreds of thousands of air passengers stranded on both sides of the Atlantic.
Reynisfjara
Dyrhólaey, the southernmost tip of the Icelandic mainland, is surrounded by distinct black beaches. book your tee time now at english.golfmos.is
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