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Árbæjarsafn | Iceland Sights & Activities | Fodor's Online Travel Guide
At the Open-Air Municipal Museum, 18th- and 19th-century houses furnished in old-fashioned style display authentic household utensils and tools for cottage industries. You can see demonstrations of farm activiti...
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Árbæjarsafn
Most of the houses at Árbæjarsafn are originally from the center of Reykjavík. The oldest house was built in 1820. Several houses dating from the 19th century have been furnished. Various workshops can be seen in many of the houses, such as workshop of a goldsmith and a printing press. Througout the...
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Árbæjarsafn: Saga Reykjavíkur
The celebration of the millennium of the settlement of Iceland, in 1874, was an important event for Reykjavík. The town was decorated, roads were widened and repaired, Austurvöllur was made into a town square, with a statue by Icelandic-Danish sculptor Bertil Thorvaldsen in its centre, and soon afte...
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Árbæjarsafn: Saga Reykjavíkur
On the hills around central Reykjavík, and along the sea shore, hamlets of turf houses grew up, where landless labourers lived. They made a living from fishing and casual labour. They were originally known as tomthúsmenn (empty-house men) because they kept no livestock, and hence their buildings wer...
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