Thingvellir National Park 1

The walk at Thingvellir National Park was really beautiful. the focal point was Pingvellir. This is where the heads of the areas in Iceland met to make common rules. They also held court here. Men were beheaded and women had stones hung around their feet and they were thrown in the lake. This was the site where Iceland declared their Independence in 1944.

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