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  • Lottelli
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    Nice story about the church but church closed

    We were passing through so thought we would have a look - the church was closed which was disappointing but over the road at the information centre we learnt about how the lava from the laki volcano s...

    Reviewed on Jul 28, 2021
  • Harrison-F-Carter
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    Worth a stop if passing...

    Interesting little place that is worth a stop if passing... set amongst some nice scenery in the village. Unless you have a real specific interest, I wouldn't have gone out of the way to see it, thoug...

    Reviewed on Jun 22, 2017
  • H-Ingolfs
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    New year ceremony

    Old Icelandic songs and a very good ceremony. Minningarkapellan are very interesting and the past are explained with model

    Reviewed on Jan 5, 2016
  • Passenger802811
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    HISTORIC SITE AT KLAUSTER

    Worth going in and seeing the church/convent/abbey location and the historic importance of the volcanic eruption in 1783 -4 from lava from the Laki volcano which it is alleged to have stopped at t...

    Reviewed on Jul 9, 2015
  • BaldurBaldursson
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    A beautiful historic site connected with the eruption of Laki in 1783-4 and the Fire Sermon of pastor Jón Steingrímsson

    Beautiful historical site worth visiting. The former site of the Benedictine convent of Kirkjuaer (Kirkjubær). Kirkjubæjar Abbey (Icelandic: Kirkjubæjarklaustur), in operation from 1186 until the refo...

    Reviewed on Jun 14, 2015
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