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Iceland’s traditional turf houses

January 16, 2019 by Loknath Das

A turf church in Árbæjarsafn in Reykjavik. Ómar Óskarsson When looking at pictures from Iceland, small and cute looking turf houses are bound to come up. Due to lack of trees in Iceland, building out of turf was a popular building material and thick turf walls were useful to ward off the cold. These houses were … Read more

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