Two rows of high posts supported the roof and ran down the entire length of the building which could be up to 250 feet long.
Viking restaurant in iceland with a dirt roof.
Fjorugardurinn the viking restaurant hafnarfjordur.
The innhus was for food storage sleeping and living.
Viking families lived in the central hall portion of the building.
At þjóðveldisbær in þjórsárdalur iceland.
I enjoyed lamb with wine at this viking house in the evening on oct 5.
The roofs were covered in dirt to keep the heat inside the house and grass was planted in the dirt on the roof to keep it from eroding away.
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The floor of the viking longhouse was pounded earth.
The owner of the restaurant is the progeny of viking.
Ingolfsskali viking is the wonderful iceland food restaurant cross to center of reykjavik.
Where wood was scarce as in iceland longhouses were made of turf and sod.
Fjörugarðurinn easily sits 350 guests.
A viking restaurant at hotel viking which serves breakfast from 7 30 am 10 00 am.
These buildings were for farming the rough steep fjords.
And at eiríksstaðir in haukadalur iceland.
Theþjóðveldisbær longhouse located in þjórsárdalur is a re creation of a typical icelandic turf house from the end of the norse era and is based on the house at stöng a shortdistance away that was covered with ash during avolcanic eruption of hekla in 1104.
I usually take photos of the food but i thought the environment was so interesting that i was just walking around the restaurant taking photos with the coffee mug in one hand.
I only had coffee but my husband had a full breakfast which he said was very good.
We are open for lunch for groups.
We total 300 people enjoyed the good dinner together.
Fjörugarðurinn the viking restaurant is open for dinner guests from 18 00 every day.