Visit Thingvellir National Park, the heart of Iceland. Discover the history of Icelands ancient assembly site and the two tectonic plates shaping the landscape around it.

Find out what you can do in Thingvellir national park, wether it's exploring the old assembly site or hike from one tectonic plate to the other.

Thingvellir national park / Gagarin Iceland owes its existence to a mantle plume that produces twice as much volcanic matter as the Mid-Atlantic ridge. The mantle plume is located east of the ridge channel, but the eruptive belt tends to follow the plume, and it's there that volcanic activity is …

Þingvellir was an important symbol of national unity in Iceland's process towards independence in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Start at the Thingvellir National Park Visitor Center at Hakið to see the tectonic plates and the ancient parliament site, where Alþingi was until 1798.

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Numerous hiking trails extend over most of the national park. The trails at the assembly site are quite well signed. Outside the ancient assembly site most of the hiking paths are associated with the abandoned farms of Hrauntún, Skógarkot and Vatnskot, remains of which can still be seen.

2023年1月6日 · Þingvellir National Park will offer two free guided tours in English everyday around the assembly site in the summer (June, July and August). 10:00 starts from Þingvallakirkja church and takes approximately one hour. 14:00 starts from the Visitor centre and takes approximately one hour.

In the National Park, 172 species of higher plants have been found, or about 40% of the Icelandic flora, so variety is not wanting. Birch, along with willow, plants of the heath family, and dwarf birch, transform the appearance of Þingvellir in autumn, and many make their way there to enjoy the beauty of its pastel colours.