Historical exhibitions in Langabúð in Djúpivogur and at Hali in Suðursveit.
Information points at þvottá in Álftafjörður, Bær in Lón, Papós, Ingólfshöfði and Sandfell in Öræfi.
www.thorbergssetur.is
www.rikardssafn.is
    
    
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Learn about the first inhabitants of southeast Iceland, and saga locations; 1700-year-old Roman coins discovered at Bragðavellir in Álftafjörður; the Irish monks who came to Iceland before the Norse settlers; Hrollaugur Rögnvaldsson who settled in Hornafjörður, and Síðu-Hallur of þvottá. Find out about Hrollaugur’s relations with leaders of northern Europe in the 10th-11th century, and how his descendants became saga writers. Learn about archaeological finds in Steinadalur, of a Viking settlement dating from before 1000 AD; could this be the ancient settlement of Irish monks? Tours to Ingólfshöfði and Papey island in summer.
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