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    last session held at Þingvellir in 1798. Since 1881, the parliament has been located within Alþingishúsið in Reykjavík. Þingvellir is now a national park...
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    Þingvallavatn Lake in the Þingvellir National Park in Iceland. Silfra lies in the Þingvellir valley and within the Þingvellir National Park. The valley...
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    travel-related activities in Iceland. The three primary stops on the route are the Þingvellir National Park, the Gullfoss waterfall, and the geothermal area in Haukadalur...
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    surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at Þingvellir ('thing fields' or 'assembly fields'), situated approximately 45 kilometres...
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    are held. The prime minister has a summer residence, Þingvallabær in Þingvellir. The prime minister also has a reception house at Tjarnargata, Reykjavik...
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    national parks: Vatnajökull National Park, Snæfellsjökull National Park, and Þingvellir National Park. The inhabited areas are on the coast, particularly in the...
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  • - Þingvellir / Thingvellir. Notable for its tectonic and volcanic environment in a rift valley. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge passes across the Thingvellir National...
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    at the national level rather than an executive branch of government. Þingvellir was the site of the Althing, and it was a place where people came together...
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    Öxarárfoss (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈœksarˌaurˌfɔsː] ) is a waterfall in Þingvellir National Park, Iceland. It flows from the river Öxará over the Almannagjá...
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  • was the Þingvellir National Park, in 2004. Two further sites were added later, Surtsey in 2008 and Vatnajökull National Park in 2019. Þingvellir is a cultural...
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