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Iceland's most-photographed mountain and the Journey to the Center of the Earth glacier.
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National Museum of Iceland
Iceland's history from the Viking settlers to today, with a carved medieval church door and Viking-age treasures.
- Open
- Every day in summer; closed Mondays in winter
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Suðurgata 41, 102 ReykjavíkDirections
- Getting There
- A 10-minute walk south of the pond, by the university.
Why Go
The main exhibition, 'Making of a Nation', follows Iceland from the ships of the first settlers through centuries of Danish rule to independence in 1944. Its treasures include the Valþjófsstaður door, carved around 1200 with a knight and a lion.
Nearby in Reykjavík
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