ICELANDIC TIMES - Land og saga
ICELANDIC TIMES - Land og saga
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Víkin – Reykjavík Maritime Museum<br />
The Heart of the Icelandic People<br />
If you are looking for the heart<br />
of the Icelandic people you<br />
need look no further than Víkin<br />
– Maritime Museum, which<br />
offers you the unique chance to<br />
experience Iceland‘s rich fishing<br />
history. Víkin not only exhibits<br />
unique maritime artifacts, it<br />
also gives you the chance to<br />
experience Iceland‘s fishing<br />
culture first-hand, as the museum<br />
is located in Reykjavík harbour.<br />
Víkin has recently opened an<br />
impressive balcony overlooking<br />
the harbour and downtown<br />
Reykjavík, which gives you the<br />
ultimate museum experience. After<br />
examining the splendid exhibitions<br />
Víkin has on offer you can sit down<br />
and have a drink or a bite to eat while<br />
you watch the ever-active life of the<br />
harbour.<br />
missions up to 2005. Inside you‘ll<br />
experience what life inside a 910<br />
ton cruiser was like, which many<br />
would imagine being quite difficult.<br />
The fact of the matter is that many<br />
of Óðins crew members give their<br />
work in maintaining the boat up to<br />
this day and meet in Óðins mess hall<br />
every week.<br />
In addition to permament<br />
exhibitions, Víkin will offer unique<br />
new and exciting projoects this<br />
summer. Among those are in-house<br />
short plays and puppet shows –<br />
which tell the stories of Iceland‘s<br />
heroes and master seafearers. Other<br />
additions include a night out at Víkin,<br />
including a tour, meal and a play.<br />
The museum is less than ten minutes<br />
away from the downtown area and<br />
ticket prices are very reasonable, so<br />
there is really no reason not to go to<br />
Víkin.<br />
For more information go to www.<br />
sjominjasafn.is<br />
Óðinn is maintained on a regular<br />
basis and is still fully functional.<br />
EXPERIENCE ICE<br />
The exhibitions within depict various<br />
themes and time periods with great<br />
detail. Topics include the great<br />
changes that took place around 1900<br />
when rowing boats were replaced by<br />
trawlers, the development of trade<br />
routes in the 20th century and a<br />
unique exhibition dedicated to the<br />
construction of Reykjavík harbour<br />
which started in 1913.<br />
One of the main exhibition is a tour<br />
inside the coast guard vessel Óðinn,<br />
which was built in 1959. Óðinn<br />
played a pivotal role in the 20th<br />
„cod wars“ and hundreds of rescue<br />
Conditions for Icelandic sailors weren‘t always optional. Photos: Ingo<br />
Spör ehf.<br />
SINCE<br />
1994<br />
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