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N 64° 08.534' W 021° 55.665' (WGS84)

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 Hidden on: 13 December 2017
 Published on: 24 December 2017
 Last update: 26 November 2018
 Listing: https://opencaching.de/OC1427A

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Standing at the end of Skólavörðustígur street and in front of Hallgrímskirkja church is one of the best-known landmarks in Reykjavík, the statue of Leifur Eiríksson. He look to the west to the Ocean. 

The statue which was donated to the Icelandic nation by the US Congress in 1930 to commemorate the millennium of the Alþingi. Alþingi was first convened at Þingvellir in the year 930 A.D. Parliamentary meetings were during the time of the Vikings, with the last meeting held in 1798. While the statue was presented as a gift to Iceland in the year 1930 it was not until the summer of 1932 that it had been erected in its current location. The statue was unveiled on July 17 1932 by the US Ambassador to Iceland.
At the time Hallgrimskirkja church had not yet been built: Its construction only started in 1945. Which means the statue had been standing in its current location for 13 years when the construction of Hallgrímskirkja even began.

Leifur is probably the best known hero of Viking age Iceland, the first European to arrive in America:
Leifur’s voyage to America in the year 1000 preceded the Christopher Columbus’ voyage by roughly half a millennia.
According to the Sagas of Icelanders, he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, tentatively identified with the Norse L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland in modern-day Canada.  

 

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Opening hours and the tower 

Hallgrímskirkja is the largest church in the country, and towers over the centre of Reykjavík.
Its 73-metre-high tower provides a wonderful 360° view over all Reykjavík, the mountains around and the ocean streaching west to Greenland and the Americas. Because of this, the tower is among the most visited tourist destinations in Reykjavík. 

Admission 

Adults: ISK 1000 / Children: ISK 100 (ages 7-16)
Tickets are sold in the church shop.
Access to the tower is only by lift. At the top there are a few steps to the open-air viewing platform. 

Opening hours 

Winter (October – April): 09:00 – 17:00. Tower closes 16:30. 
Summer (May – September): 09:00 – 21:00. Tower closes 20:30.
The tower is closed on Sundays from 10:30 – 12:15 during mass at 11:00. 

Hallgrímskirkja is an active, working church and sometimes we may close without notice, especially due to weddings or funerals. 
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Log entries for WebCam - Reykjavík Hallgrímskirkja Church    Found 12x Not found 0x Note 0x

Found 03 September 2023, 20:00 din0815 found the geocache

# 113
3. September 2023 18:00

Mit AIDAaura für 1,5 Tage in Reykjavik und natürlich mit eskat77 die Stadt zu Fuß erkundet. An diesem Cache sind wir auch vorbei gekommen und haben die Dose gefunden.

Kveðja frá Lutherstadt Wittenberg (Þýskalandi)

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Found 10 July 2023, 14:51 Tankred der Zweite found the geocache

Camera quite a few meters away 🤣
Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹

PS.: In eigener Sache!

Mega-Event in Horn / Waldviertel
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Found 14 June 2023, 18:36 tomtom70 found the geocache

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Found 28 October 2022, 02:06 ThSchr found the geocache

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Found 19 September 2021, 12:16 latitoliv & liara found the geocache

To the roght of the door
Thank you for this webcam cache

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