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Discover the best top things to do in Thingvellir, Iceland including Thingvellir National Park, Oxararfoss, Logberg (Law Rock), Thingvallakirkja church, Thingvellir Tourist Information Centre.
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1. Thingvellir National Park
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4.5 based on 3,922 reviews
Located 50 km east of Reykjavik, this is Iceland's most historic site and one of its most scenic landscapes.
Reviewed By Abg630
Came as part of a tour.Really amazing ,fabulous views from visitor center.To see the edge of the tectonic plates and see how geologically active our earth is .A live geology class.
2. Oxararfoss
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4.5 based on 265 reviews
Reviewed By SteffanB936 - Manchester, United Kingdom
Parking off the main road approx 1k after main entrance. Because it is P3 parking zone it is free. Track down easy walk unless unsteady on your feet. Wheelchair not possible. Up to the waterfall is now decked walkway to protect fauna and makes life easy. From Oxararfoss it is then maybe 1k along an easy path past the Parliament stone to the ‘main’ area. Nice and protected from the wind in the valley which is the very edge of the North American continental shelf.
3. Logberg (Law Rock)
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4.5 based on 61 reviews
Reviewed By ourglobewanderers - Golden, United States
Our plan for the day was to see the sights on the “golden circle” drive, and this was our 3rd stop on the Golden Circle. We stopped in a parking area from which we could walk on marked paths to find the Peningagjá (Coin Fissure), the Logberg (law rock) and the assembly fields, which are all in Thingvellir National Park. A small footbridge was built over the Coin Fissure for the visit of the King of Denmark in 1907. During the King’s visit, people began to throw coins from the bridge into the fissure, so the rift became known as "coin fissure". The Lögberg or law rock was the focal point of the Alþingi (first parliament in 930 AD) and a natural platform for holding speeches. The Lawspeaker, elected for three years at a time, presided over the assembly and recited the law of the land. Before the law was written down, the Lawspeaker was expected to recite it from memory on the Lögberg over the course of three summers. Rulings, legal actions, and national announcements were made here. Every year, thousands of people would travel to the area during the 2-week assembly period for the Althingi proceedings, as well as to sell and trade goods. Anyone attending the assembly was entitled to present his case on important issues from the Lögberg. The name Thingvellir translates as “assembly fields”. There is nothing to mark the logberg, just aim for the tall flagpole and the stacked rock behind it, and imagine the happenings here long ago.
4. Thingvallakirkja church
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4.0 based on 84 reviews
Reviewed By WorldTravelerCO - Thornton, United States
Lovely church in hiking range from Thingvellir National Park. Wear appropriate gear for the season to truly relax and enjoy this beautiful area!
5. Thingvellir Tourist Information Centre
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4.0 based on 64 reviews
Reviewed By ourglobewanderers - Golden, United States
You do not need to pay to enter the lobby, where there are free toilets, but there is a fee for the exhibit area of 1000 kr (500 kr seniors +67). There is a manned desked in the lobby where you can ask questions. There is also a toilet building in the parking area. Many tour busses were here. The national park is free, but you must buy a parking pass (750 ISK) which is good all day throughout the park. This is a wonderfully small fee, considering that there is no fee for the park itself, and there is so much to see in the park beyond the visitor center. You pay at a machine in the lobby where you must enter your license number. We bought a parking pass here, but we forgot to pay at a different national park in Iceland, and we received an email from the car rental company saying they are charging us for the parking fee as well as a hefty service fee. From the visitor center, we took a short walk to a viewing platform with spectacular views; then we followed a path down into the great Almannagjá canyon-like rift between the two tectonic plates. There is no specific destination in the fault, you just walk as long as you like. The experience was much more dramatic than I expected.
