Eruptions

Home island

Home island See film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwkzTXrsPt8 See Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwkzTXrsPt8   Eldheimar Suðurvegur •...

The House that Disappeared

The Eldheimar Volcano Museum on the Westman Islands None of Heimaey’s 5,300 inhabitants had ever expected that a volcanic eruption could make them homeless, whe...

Volcano House

Iceland vs.The Volcano Icelandic Times visits Reykjavik´s Volcano House With its intriguing round facade, floor to ceiling windows and bright yellow signa...

ICELAND’S INSIDE STORY

ICELAND'S INSIDE STORY STATE-OF-THE ART EDUCATIONAL CENTRE The Lava Centre is an interactive, high-tech educational exhibition depicting volcanic ac...
vestmannaeyjar

Vestmannaeyjar – Heimaey

The two most momentous events in the history of Vestmannaeyjar are the Turkish raid in 1627, and the Heimaey erup­tion in 1973. Both events resulted in a great ...
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Krafla eruption 1975-84

The Krafla eruption 1975 began in the morning of December 20 near Leirhnjúkur in the Krafla caldera, near Mývatn. This place is a well known volcanic area, a pa...

Krafla eruption 1975-84

Krafla eruption 1975-84 The Krafla eruption 1975 began in the morning of December 20 near Leirhnjúkur in the Krafla caldera, near Mývatn. This place is a well ...

Hekla – The Gateway to Hell

Hekla – The Gateway to Hell Hekla is, together with her girlfriend Katla, the best known volcano in Iceland. It is an impressive mountain, as it surmounts most...

Experience the Force of Nature

The Volcano House Experience the Force of Nature                                                                               The Volcano House opens May 7...

Lava flowing, and flowing …

The lava swelling to the earth's surface from a crevice in the Ódáðahraun north of Bárðarbunga volcano since middle of August, could by now fill 740 Empire stat...

THE HOUSE THAT DISAPPEARED

THE HOUSE THAT DISAPPEARED The Eldheimar Volcano Museum on the Westman Islands None of Heimaey’s 5,300 inhabitants had ever expected that a volcanic eruption...