Iceland: The Land of the Midnight Sun
| April 24, 2017
9. Hallgrimskirkja
If you’ve ever been to Europe, you’ve probably seen a multitude of different styles of churches and other places of worship — Gothic, Neoclassical, Romanesque, the list goes on. In Iceland however, they do things their own way and Hallgrimskirkja is one of the most uniquely Icelandic buildings of all time. The giant church rises 244 feet above the Reykjavik sidewalk, and was built to resemble the basalt pillars of the Svartifoss waterfall — except it was built all in white instead of copying the black color of the waterfall’s surroundings. Completed in 1986, it was dedicated to poet Hallgrimur Petursson, the author of a seminal book of Icelandic Lutheran hymns.
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