Museum
Glaumbær Turf Farm
One of the open-air museums that best preserves Iceland’s traditional architecture and rural way of life, Glaumbær is a historic farm complex that takes visitors back in time with its thick turf walls, grass-covered roofs and wooden interiors from the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Region
- Northwest
- Time to allow
- 1 hour
- Entry
- Paid
- Season
- All year
Practical information
- Kind
- Museum
- Road
- Paved
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Nearest town
- Sauðárkrókur · 15 km
- Reykjavík
- 200 km (as the crow flies)
- Coordinates
- 65.6200, -19.5200
- On the map
- Open location
Before you go
- The museum is open in the summer season; in winter you can only see it from outside.