The personal and professional website of Douglas Van Bossuyt
I unexpectedly bumped into the Glaumbæ Museum as it was closing. This meant I didn’t get to go inside the buildings but I also didn’t have to pay an admission fee. This particular building was exported to Iceland from Norway or Sweden a few hundred years ago.
Underneath this field lies an old farm.
Sod houses.
Old tools of the trade.
The graveyard at the church next door.
The backs of the sod huts.
Just imagine living here in these houses. Iceland is not for wusses.
On my way through the Icelandic countryside, I stumbled upon this interesting monument to Stephan G. Stephansson. It made for a nice spot to stop and take some photos.
A farm complete with Icelandic horses and a creek.
Beautiful.
Borgarvirki is an old fortification in the middle of nowhere. People are not quite sure why this fort was built or who used it, but here it is on a small back road of Iceland.
Going up into the inner sanctum. The fort was built on top of an old volcanic plug.
A memorial to someone.
Evidence of an old building.
Basalt columns from the volcanic plug keeping out the invading hordes of many years ago.
Where a battle once must have taken place.
A defensive wall.
The inside of the volcanic plug.
A panorama from the top of the plug.