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Icelandic turf houses: Laufas, Glaumbaer and others

Few Icelandic turf houses still exist, but the few that do give a glimpse of how Icelanders used to live. Read about 2 special ones here: #Laufas & #Glaumbaer

Stepping through it, you enter an even less-finished narrow hallway down the center of the structure; it has stone and turf walls supported by wooden beams, and a dirt floor. The side rooms are for other purposes: a pantry, for storing food, especially skyr(an Icelandic form of yogurt) and whey, and a lavatory, which would have had seats over the gutters along the walls, and could be used by several people at once. At the eastern end of Reykjavik city, Arbaer has a cluster of turf houses, fully furnished inside, and comes complete with staff dressed in traditional clothing.

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