Unique Experience in the North

Heimskautsgerðið in Raufarhöfn, the most remote and northernmost
Commune of Iceland, lies just below the Arctic Circle near the coast and
is under construction. The existing construction, like its historical predecessor, looks like a large sundial, catching the sun's rays
one, casts shadows on precisely pre-calculated areas and frames them
celestial phenomena by day and by night. The gates open to the four cardinal directions. For example, you can
Watching the Midnight Sun from the South Gate through the Central Gate and North Gate. The location of Heimskautsgerðið allows a 360°
Panoramic view whose infinity is not obstructed by mountains, buildings or other constructions.

Heimskautsgerðið in Raufarhöfn goes back to the search for possibilities, the unlimited horizon, the light of the north and the
Midnight Sun to meet just below the Arctic Circle.

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Nils

August 1, 2023

The author of the work is Erlingur B. Thoroddson (1948-2015).

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Elevation 110 m

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