The plates are being pulled apart by nearly an inch every year, creating the Rift Valley at the
Thingvellir National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Thingvellir National Park is the place where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are drifting apart at an average of one inch per year.
Tour Iceland's Golden Circle to witness geothermal geysers and glacial waterfalls Visit UNESCO recognised
Thingvellir National Park, a colossal fi ssured rift valley
Thingvellir is also home to the world's oldest democratic parliament, founded in 930.
Stopping at
Thingvellir National Park you can explore the enormous rift valley, take in the magnificent views of Lake Thingvallavatn and walk between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates which scar the landscape.
For our second day in Iceland, Haf recommended the "Golden Triangle," a 120-mile drive to the country's three top tourist attractions:
Thingvellir, Geysir and Gullfoss.
The Golden Circle Gourmet Food tasting tour is a good option, where you will be able to enjoy a farm-to-table meal of fresh dairy, meats, and fish at a local farm, visiting greenhouses, a classic Nordic turf house to feast on regional specialties like dried fish, smoked lamb and rhubarb pancakes, and making scenic stops at
Thingvellir National Park and the thundering Gullfoss waterfall.
Glancing at the white stone Volca table with a suspended flow of rose gold from her new limited-edition furniture collection, it's not a stretch to imagine Jonsdottir at the age of six, sketching in
Thingvellir National Park alongside her artist grandfather, surrounded by the UNESCO World Heritage Site's colossal faults and rugged fissures.
First up he heads to
Thingvellir National Park to explore a vast crack in the Earth's surface.
First up, he heads to
Thingvellir National Park in Iceland to explore a 40,000-mile crack in the Earth's surface.
And just the | Right, Alexander Armstrong in iceland's frozen wastes, with world champion female Viking wrestler, Eva Dogg Johannsdottir and, left, with archaeologist Kevin Martin preparing to snorkel in the freezing water of
Thingvellir National Park running of the sledge and the howling of the wind, and the occasional unintelligible cry from me."
Right, Alexander |Armstrong in iceland's frozen wastes, with world champion female Viking wrestler, Eva Dogg Johannsdottir and, left, with archaeologist Kevin Martin preparing to snorkel in the freezing water of
Thingvellir
