History up close - Eiríksstadir living history museum

Experience the Settlement Period Farm of Eirik the Red and Leif Eiriksson

Iceland is famous for it's Viking heritage, but it is not many places where you are able to see what every-day life for those first settlers was like. At Eiríksstaðir we combine the fascinating realities of daily life on the edge of the then-known-world, and the thrilling exploits of the family that built the original back in the 900s. Our guides will bring you inside our fully furnished replica which stands beside the ruined original, where you will be able to not only sit beside the fire and hear the Sagas as they were originally told, but also see, touch and smell the way people lived over a thousand years ago. You will learn about the surprising ways that women contributed to the running of the family and farm, as well as all about the ingenious ways that people came up with to survive out here in a land without many of the resources of their homelands.