A land of vast open spaces, steaming blue lagoons, geysers, and powerful volcanoes, Iceland is beautifully raw and remote, but not exactly hospitable to humans. When the Norse and British settlers ...
Throughout Iceland, travelers will find little black “turf houses” with grassy roofs, which often extend all the way to the ground on either side to form one continuous green plane. These traditional ...
RECONSTRUCTED MEDIEVAL FARM IN ÞJÓRSÁRDALUR AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ICELANDIC TURF HOUSE BY GUÐMUNDUR ÓLAFSSON AND HÖRÐUR ÁGÚSTSSON ENGLISH TRANSLATION ...