Þingvellir National Park
I headed northeast out of Reykjavik towards the Geyser geothermal area. Along the road there was a sign for a waterfall so I decided to stop and take a look. The trail to the waterfall passed though a canyon but now and then you could get a view of the open country like this. I found out later this was in Þingvellir (Icelandic "Þing": parliament, "vellir": plains) National Park, both a natural and historical park.
The Althing, the national parliament of Iceland, was established at Þingvellir in 930, and held its sessions there until 1798. Þingvellir National Park was founded in 1930, marking the one-thousandth anniversary of the Althing. It was later expanded to protect natural phenomena in the surrounding area, and became a World Heritage Site in 2004.
Source and more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eingvellir
Þingvellir National Park
I headed northeast out of Reykjavik towards the Geyser geothermal area. Along the road there was a sign for a waterfall so I decided to stop and take a look. The trail to the waterfall passed though a canyon but now and then you could get a view of the open country like this. I found out later this was in Þingvellir (Icelandic "Þing": parliament, "vellir": plains) National Park, both a natural and historical park.
The Althing, the national parliament of Iceland, was established at Þingvellir in 930, and held its sessions there until 1798. Þingvellir National Park was founded in 1930, marking the one-thousandth anniversary of the Althing. It was later expanded to protect natural phenomena in the surrounding area, and became a World Heritage Site in 2004.
Source and more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eingvellir