Reykjavík 871±2
Reykjavík 871±2 is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 77 m. Esja stands 914 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fógetagarðurinn, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring Road passes 4.9 miles off.
The story
The Settlement Exhibition Reykjavík 871±2 (Icelandic: Landnámssýningin) is an exhibit run the Reykjavik City Museum in Reykjavík, Iceland. It displays the ruins of one of the first known Viking houses in Iceland in its original location, as well as findings from other excavations in the city center. The exhibition is located at 101 Reykjavík, Aðalstræti 16, at the corner of Aðalstræti and Suðurgata. The focus of the exhibition is the remains of a hall from the Settlement Age, excavated in 2001. The hall was inhabited from c. 930–1000. North of the hall are remnants of a wall that was built around 871 CE, ±2 years, hence the exhibition's name. Such precise dating is possible because a major volcanic eruption from the Torfajökull area spread tephra across the region. The hall is among the oldest human-made structures found in Iceland to this day. Also on display are objects from the Viking Age that were found in central Reykjavík and the island of Viðey.
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Wikidata Q7319496, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Ring Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bird watching · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Skúli Magnússon: 0.0 mi
- Georg Schierbeck landlæknir: 0.0 mi
- Svarta keilan, minnisvarði um borgaralega óhlýðni: 0.1 mi
- Jón Sigurðsson: 0.1 mi
- Tryggvi Gunnarsson: 0.1 mi
- Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason: 0.1 mi
- Fýkur yfir hæðir: 0.1 mi
- Horfur: 0.1 mi
- Miðja Reykjavikur: 0.1 mi
- Jón Vídalín: 0.1 mi
- Öskjuhlíð: 1.4 mi
- Laugarás: 2.3 mi
- Nónhæð: 3.8 mi
- Hnoðraholt: 4.2 mi
- Hvarfshólar: 4.6 mi
- Búrfoss: 3.4 mi
- Sjávarfoss: 3.5 mi
- Ullarfoss: 3.8 mi
- Skáfossar: 4.1 mi
- Stórifoss: 4.1 mi
- Garðahlynur: 0.0 mi
- Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur: 0.2 mi
- Steinbryggjan: 0.2 mi
- Lifsverndarklukka: 0.2 mi
- Minør: 0.2 mi
- Aðalstræti 10: 0.0 mi
- Listasafn Reykjavíkur: 0.1 mi
- Ljósmyndasafn Reykjavíkur: 0.2 mi
- Icelandic Punk Museum: 0.2 mi
- Hið Íslenzka Reðasafn: 0.2 mi
- Valhúsahæð: 1.7 mi
- Akurey: 1.8 mi
- Fossvogsbakkar: 2.1 mi
- Laugarás: 2.3 mi
- Borgir: 2.6 mi
- Fógetagarðurinn: 0.0 mi
- Kænugarður: 0.1 mi
- Alþingisgarðurinn: 0.1 mi
- Landakotstún: 0.1 mi
- Mæðragarðurinn: 0.2 mi
- Skátalaug: 17.1 mi
- Hot spring: 19.4 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.4 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.4 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.5 mi
- Virkið: 2.7 mi
- Gálgaklettar: 3.7 mi
- Langahlíð: 12.8 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 13.8 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 13.8 mi
- Urtagarður í Nesi: 2.0 mi
- Rósagarðurinn: 3.6 mi
- Vífilsstaðagarður: 4.9 mi
- Hermannsgarður í Guðmundarlundi: 6.2 mi
- Mislundur: 6.4 mi
- Vífilsstaðahlíð: 6.3 mi
- Hjallaflatir: 7.4 mi
- Hvammsvík Hot Springs: 19.3 mi
- Hverahild: 20.6 mi
- Akranesviti: 12.1 mi
- Langisandur: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Reykjavík 871±2. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esja | NE 52° | 914 m | 10.9 mi |
| Hátindur | ENE 57° | 909 m | 12.2 mi |
| Kambshorn | NE 43° | 851 m | 8.5 mi |
| Gunnlaugsskarð | ENE 57° | 843 m | 10.6 mi |
| Þverfellshorn | NE 50° | 840 m | 9.1 mi |
| Háihnúkur | N 359° | 553 m | 11.8 mi |
| Melahnúkur | NNE 29° | 537 m | 10.6 mi |
| Jökulbunga | N 4° | 527 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 18:39 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 02:56 | 22:08 | 00:05 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:29 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 11:23 | — | 15:30 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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