Víkingaheimar
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Víkingaheimar is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Grænadyngja stands 398 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hrafna-Flóki, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring Road passes 24 miles off.
The story
Viking World (Icelandic: Víkingaheimar [ˈviːciŋkaˌheiːmar̥]) is a museum in Njarðvík, Reykjanesbær, Iceland.
The museum opened on 8 May 2009, followed by a formal opening on Icelandic National Day, 17 June. The director was Elisabeth Ward; the building was designed by Guðmundur Jónsson. Viking World has on permanent display the Íslendingur, the replica of the Gokstad Viking ship which in 2000 was sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, for the celebrations of the millennium of Leif Ericsson's voyage and then to New York. The ship was returned to Iceland and placed on exhibit in the open air until being transferred to the new museum in autumn 2008. She is suspended one and a half metres in the air so that visitors can walk underneath her hull and see the workmanship. There are also stairs and a walkway into the ship, enabling visitors to climb aboard and sit or walk around. The museum also houses the exhibition Vikings—The North Atlantic Saga from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. On 1 December 2010, a 2-year temporary exhibition with materials on loan from the National Museum of Iceland opened with a heathen reburial ceremony for a body excavated at Hafurbjarnarstaðir in 1868. The exhibits include materials from recent archaeological excavations. The museum came under new ownership in June 2015, with Sveinn V. Björgvinsson as managing director and Björn Jónasson as business manager. The museum at that time had four employees, two full-time; the new management hoped to expand it to attract travelling exhibitions and possibly to add a café.
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Dates from 2009.
Wikidata Q4163674, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 2009
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 24.5 mi off the Ring Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Hrafna-Flóki: 0.0 mi
- Freyr: 0.2 mi
- Freyja: 0.2 mi
- Kaldárhöfðasverð: 0.3 mi
- Merki Njarðvíkurkaupstaðar: 0.5 mi
- Grímshóll: 3.1 mi
- Stapafell: 4.7 mi
- Súlur: 5.2 mi
- Þórðarfell: 5.7 mi
- Litla-Skógfell: 6.1 mi
- F-4E Phantom II: 1.4 mi
- Baldur, KE97: 2.3 mi
- Skessuhellir: 2.4 mi
- Bláa Lónið: 7.1 mi
- Brú milli Heimsálfa: 8.7 mi
- Minningarsteinn um Sveinbjörn Egilsson: 0.6 mi
- Minnisvarði um Jón Þorkelsson: 0.6 mi
- Ólafur B. Ólafsson: 2.5 mi
- B-24 Hot Stuff Crash Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Úranus: 8.1 mi
- Thorkellinsgarður: 0.6 mi
- Skrúðgarður Njarðvíkur: 1.0 mi
- Skrúðgarður: 2.0 mi
- Aragerði: 4.4 mi
- Bali: 17.9 mi
- Slökkviliðsminjasafn: 0.4 mi
- Rokksafn Íslands: 1.2 mi
- Duus Museum: 2.3 mi
- Byggðasafn Gerðahrepps: 8.8 mi
- Kvikan: 9.9 mi
- Litli Rauðamelur: 14.7 mi
- Fjárskjól við Stórhöfða: 18.1 mi
- Fjaran við Kasthúsatjörn: 18.1 mi
- Ástjörn og Ásfjall: 18.2 mi
- Kasthúsatjörn: 18.2 mi
- Hafnaberg: 9.2 mi
- Selsvellir: 12.4 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 13.7 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 13.7 mi
- Krýsuvíkurberg: 16.2 mi
- Búrfoss: 23.0 mi
- Ullarfoss: 23.1 mi
- Sjávarfoss: 23.2 mi
- Skáfossar: 23.4 mi
- Stórifoss: 23.4 mi
- Urtagarður í Nesi: 20.1 mi
- Vífilsstaðagarður: 20.7 mi
- Hermannsgarður í Guðmundarlundi: 22.4 mi
- Rósagarðurinn: 22.7 mi
- Mislundur: 22.8 mi
- Vífilsstaðahlíð: 20.7 mi
- Hjallaflatir: 21.6 mi
- Skátalaug: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Víkingaheimar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grænadyngja | E 101° | 398 m | 13.6 mi |
| Miðdegishnúkur | ESE 104° | 392 m | 15.5 mi |
| Langhóll | ESE 122° | 391 m | 9.2 mi |
| Trölladyngja | E 100° | 379 m | 13.3 mi |
| Grænavatnseggjar | ESE 106° | 359 m | 13.5 mi |
| Fíflavallafjall | ESE 102° | 359 m | 14.1 mi |
| Stóri-Hrútur | SE 127° | 357 m | 10.6 mi |
| Framfell | ESE 116° | 353 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 18:42 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 03:02 | 22:08 | 00:03 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:32 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 11:23 | — | 15:35 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/237000306
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