All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024) - Tripadvisor
WEBÞingvellir is a Icelandic national park about 40 km northeast of Iceland's capital city of Reykjavik. The drive from Reykjavik to the park is a pleasant drive with amazing scenery. Þingvellir is a site of historical, cultural, and geological significance, and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Iceland.
Thingvellir National Park - Heart of Iceland
WEBToday Þingvellir is a protected national shrine. Nature of Thingvellir In recent decades, research has shown that Thingvellir National Park is a natural wonder of the world where the geology and ecosystem of Thingvallavatn form a unique whole.
Þingvellir National Park - Where You Walk Between Two Continents
WEBDiscover why Þingvellir National Park is such a sought after tourist destination and the significance of its history and geology. Why is it the only UNESCO World Heritage Site on the Icelandic mainland? How did it form? Why is it so popular? Read ahead for all you need to know about Þingvellir National Park.
Þingvellir National Park - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
WEBÞingvellir National Park is located in an active volcanic area, just 49 km east of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland, and covers 24,000 ha, of which 9,270 ha constitute the World Heritage property. Its best-defined feature is a major rift, which has produced dramatic fissures and cliffs demonstrating inter-continental drifting in a ...
Þingvellir - Wikipedia
WEBÞingvellir is now a national park in the municipality of Bláskógabyggð in southwestern Iceland, about 40 km (25 miles) northeast of Iceland's capital, Reykjavík. Þingvellir is a site of historical, cultural, and geological significance, and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Iceland.
Þingvellir - Hjarta lands og þjóðar - Þjóðgarðurinn á Þingvöllum
WEBÞingvellir eru flatir, grasi grónir vellir norðan við Þingvallavatn á bökkum Öxarár, sem rennur eftir völlunum út í Þingvallavatn, sem er stærsta stöðuvatn á Íslandi.
Thingvellir national park - Visit Iceland
WEBThe Thingvellir area is praised as the national shrine of Iceland due to its great historical and geological significance. Iceland’s first national park was established there in 1928, and it has now been recognized for its outstanding universal value and listed as a UNESCO world heritage site.
Things to do - Thingvellir National Park
WEBÞingvellir was accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage site 2004 for it´s cultural value to the world. Please come and enjoy the Þingvellir either through our interactive exhibition, walking routes, guided walks angling, snorkling or other activities.
Thingvellir National Park Travel Guide | Guide to Iceland
WEB4.8. Number of reviews. 17,378. Thingvellir National Park is one of three UNESCO World Heritage sites in Iceland and one of the three stops on the world-famous Golden Circle sightseeing route, alongside the Haukadalur Geothermal …
Thingvellir - An important historic site and national park
WEBThe most significant place in Icelandic history and one of the most important stops on the Golden Circle is Thingvellir National Park.It was here that in the year 930 the Alþingi, the world's oldest surviving parliament, was established.A thousand years later, it was made a national park in 1930. Then, on 17th June 1944, Thingvellir saw Iceland declare itself a …
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