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In the wake
of the Vikings

Daily 11:00-18:00

5 km from the
International Airport and
45 km from Reykjavík


Homepage
www.atom.is/viking










 In addition to a replica Viking longship, Íslendingur (the Icelander), which sailed across the north Atlantic to North America in 2000, the Smithsonian Institution’s exhibition Vikings - The North Atlantic Saga is also on show here, after having travelled to many North American cities in 2000-2002.

The exhibition aims to provide insight into the journeys of Norse seafarers to the New World (Vínland) around 1000 AD, as well as other Viking travels in the North Atlantic and the settlement of Iceland around 870. A clear depiction is given of life aboard a Viking ship, based upon the experience of Gunnar Marel Eggertsson, who built the longship Íslendingur and has been her skipper for the past fifteen years. The Viking ship, now on dry land, can be seen at any time of day, all year round, only five minutes away from the Leifur Eiríksson international airport. A new exhibition building is in preparation to house the ship Íslendingur and the Viking exhibition; it is scheduled to open in the autumn of 2008.
Víkingabraut 1
230 Reykjanesbæ
Tel: +353 422 2000
vikingship@simnet.is
www.atom.is/viking

Front page - Back to Map - 1 Íslendingur - 2 Viking Village - 3 Hofsstaðir - 4 National Museum - 5 Manuscripts - 6 Saga Museum - 7 Settlement Expo - 8 Þingvellir - 9 Settlement Centre
10 Reykholt - 11 Eiríksstaðir - 12 Saga of Gísli - 13 Saga of Grettir - 14 Vatnsdalur saga - 15 Sturlung Trail - 16 Hólar in Hjaltadalur - 17 Gásir - 18 Arctic Henge - 19 Vopnafjörður People - 20 Skriðuklaustur - 21 Saga of Hrafnkell
22 History in the Southeast - 23 Ingólfshöfði Tour - 24 Kirkjubæjarklaustur - 25 Vestmannaeyjar - 26 Hvolsvöllur - 27 Þjórsárdalur - 28 Skálholt - Icelandic Farm Holidays - About the Association - Contact us - In Icelandic - Auf Deutsch