If you thought the interior of an 18th-century Icelandic turf house would look like a rabbit's den, you may be surprised to see how finished they could be inside – as evidenced by this room at ...

Iceland's Turf Houses Merge Beautifully With Nature. This architectural tradition was brought to Europe by the Vikings more than a thousand years ago. By Gulnaz Khan. July 18, 2017 ...

Lárusson is one of the last people in Iceland to have grown up in a turf home. "I was brought up on the farm and was there for almost the first 10 years of my life," says Lárusson. "My ...

Flush with resources, Iceland ran roughshod over the remainder of its turf houses. By the turn of the millennium, only 60 to 80 remained, according to Lárusson. More turf structures at Austur ...

All things considered, it's surprising Iceland's settlers even survived. That they did can be attributed to one factor above others: torfbæir (turf houses), which were used for shelter since the ...

Rachel Heller posted a fabulous article about Icelandic turf houses. I don't know if I'd like to live in one, but I sure do ...

Turf houses, Iceland's architectural jewels. Published: 19 Apr 2019 - 05:48 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 04:02 am ...

Since 2011, Iceland has placed 14 turf homes on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites, meaning they could be eligible for nomination in the future. Popular.

These abandoned medieval turf houses are common in the Icelandic landscape. In the past, they offered good insulation. Skip to content. OCTOBER 27, 2022. Instagram Facebook Youtube. Profile; ...

Hidden deep in the Icelandic wilderness, this is the last abandoned turf house of its kind—left untouched with everything still inside. Once a warm shelter against the harsh Nordic climate, it ...

Built and enlarged over the 18th and 19th Centuries, and used as a priest's house as well as a farmhouse, Glaumbær is Iceland's most extensive and intact group of turf buildings.