Gljúfrasteinn

Gljúfrasteinn was the home and workplace of Halldór Laxness (winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955) and his family for more than half a century. It has now been opened to the public as a museum, unchanged from when Laxness lived there.

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  • Phone

    +354 586 8066

  • Website

    gljufrasteinn.is

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  • Type

    History Museum

Address

Þingvallavegur 270 Reykjavik Iceland

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Leonardo DM

Tuesdays to Sundays 10.00 – 17.00 ISK 800. Laxness house.

Leonardo DM

Tuesdays to Sundays 10.00 – 17.00 ISK 800

Jón Svavar

Nice horses on the other side!

Gunndís Gunnarsdóttir

Ótrúlega hús og þvílíkir listmunir

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