Tuesday, October 22, 2024

A Final Spin Through Reykjavik

At the end of our stay in Iceland, we take a final spin through Reykjavik, making several stops on our way to the airport, including a lunch of Icelandic meat soup at the Viking World Museum in Keflavik.  We drive through the city to Perlan (the Pearl) nature exploratorium overlooking the city and climb to the roof to view the area.

Passing by Hallgrimskirkja Church

Perlan, overlooking Reykjavik


Views of the city from the Perlan roof


Volcanic rocks on display

Sculpture outside the museum

"Danger Hot Water" area by the museum

We next drive over to the President of Iceland's residence.  The President position in Iceland is primarily a ceremonial job, the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of the government with a unicameral (one chamber) Parliament.

President's house

View of Reykjavik from the President's house

We leave the President's house and drive toward the Viking World Museum near the airport, watching the steam from the Blue Lagoon in the distance.

Steam from Blue Lagoon

The Viking World Museum, in addition be being beautifully located on the edge of the water, explains the story and history of the Iceland and the Vikings, with a Viking ship in the center of the museum.  After exploring the location, we have a traditional Icelandic meat soup for lunch.


Greal location


Viking ship



The story of the Vikings

Meat soup

Our fabulous stay in Iceland is coming to an end and we next head over to the airport for the flight home.












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