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