/2020/07/30/settlement-centre-in-borgarnes-iceland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=settlement-centre-in-borgarnes-icelandExplore The World With Us One Country At A TimeTue, 25 May 2021 19:47:51 +0000hourly1/2020/07/30/settlement-centre-in-borgarnes-iceland/comment-page-1/#comment-11421Tue, 25 May 2021 19:47:51 +0000/?p=49774#comment-11421[…] Settlement Museum in Borgarnes, Iceland – During our stay in Reykjavik in Iceland, we made the hour-long drive to Borgarnes, going through a five kilometer tunnel underneath one of the bays, and enjoyed a wonderful lunch at the restaurant of the Settlement Centre.  We then took the tour through the museum, which consisted of two thirty-minute audio tours that covered the history of how the Vikings first came to populate Iceland as well as their turbulent history once they arrived.  The early history of Iceland is told through Viking Sagas, one of which is the Eglis Saga.  Egill Skalla-Grimsson was a famous Viking and poet whose story is used to provide an understanding of the first people to populate Iceland.  It isn’t just a recanting of his poetry, but is the tale of his life, beliefs, fortunes, and misfortunes. […]

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