You drive parts of Iceland’s Ring Road and at times you have to do a double-take: not at the mind-boggling strata of rock in the mountains or the geysers or the glaciers but to check which century you are actually in. Because there, huddling below the big summits, are houses that look like something out of the Middle Ages. Houses made completely out of turf, with grass roofs – sometimes whole communities of them. Welcome to the surreal world of Iceland turf houses. One of the most fascinating cultural phenomena in the Scandinavia travel world, turf houses are the story of pioneering settlement and survival in an unforgiving climate against the odds. My essay on turf houses features as part of the wonderful new edition of…
Lonely Planet Journey Iceland’s Ring Road
Categories: Adventure Travel, Europe Travel - General, Scandinavia Travel, Travel/Reference Books, Wilderness Travel
Luke and his Words... 