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Settlement Exhibition
The ruins of a Viking-age longhouse found under the city center, with a wall older than the volcanic ash of 871.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Aðalstræti 16, 101 ReykjavíkDirections
- Getting There
- In the old center, a short walk from the pond.
Why Go
Builders found the ruins in 2001, and the museum was built around them. A layer of ash from an eruption around 871 dates the earliest remains, among the oldest traces of people in Iceland, and screens bring the 10th-century hall back to life.
Nearby in Reykjavík
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