Reykjavík 871±2

Then he walked south three blocks past hotels on the oldest street of the city, Aðalstræti, to get to the city’s newest exhibition, Reykjavík 871 +/-2 (Settlement Exhibition) (Ikr600). It was based around a single 10th century Viking house but showed what miracles can be achieved when technology, archaeology and imagination meet. Through 21st century wizardry, a fire leapt from the hearth, while around the walls ghostly settlers materialised to tend crops, hunt, launch a boat, and bury their dead. Ron thought it was pretty impressiveRead more