New Icelandic attraction rises from the ashes
Airline executives are not likely to be queuing up to get into Iceland’s latest tourist attraction.
The country has opened a museum dedicated to the Eyjafallajökull volcano, whose ash cloud bought air traffic grinding to a halt a year ago.
The volcanic landscape around Eyjafallajökull is now safe and open to those who want to see the dramatic changes the ash cloud caused to the area.
“These include the spectacular Gigjökull glacierfall, which formed from Eyjafjallajökull’s melted ice cap and the striking black and white glaciers,” said Iceland’s tourism office.
“Tourists can also journey to the eruption site, 700 metres above sea level, for panoramic views over volcano tops and the Atlantic Ocean.”
A new exhibition centre opens on April 14, the anniversary of the eruption, at a farm, which lies at the base of Eyjafjallajökull.
The centre has been set up by the family who live at the farm and exhibits a film and photographs documenting daily life on the farm with the erupting volcano in the background.
At a gift shop, visitors can buy books, souvenirs and T-shirts.
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By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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