Popular attraction Volcano House, Iceland

Volcano House, Iceland

Coffee shop : The coffee shop at Volcano House offers a volcanic menu. The menu for example contains geothermally grown Icelandic vegetables and geotherally baked rye bread. The food served at the coffee shop is cooked with barley and cold pressed organic rape seed oil grown in the regions around Eyjafjallajokull. The coffee at Volcano House coffee shop is brewed from beans grown in the volcanic hills of Guatemala and a pece of chocolate lava is served with the coffee.
Design: The interior design of the exhibition is meant to look like it's from 1973 which is the year when the volcanic eruption in Heimaey in the Westman Islands occurred.

Exhibition: A brief synopsis of Iceland's geological history and volcanic system are displayed in the Volcano House together with photographs of the volcanic eruptions and other aspects of Icelandic nature. Volcano House offers a hands o geology exhibition where guests can handle various samples of pumice ash and lava from Icelandic volcanoes for example ash from Eyjafjallajokull and Grimsvoth and pumice from Hekla. A collection of semi precious rocks and minerals from around the country are also on display and are available for purhase. Rocks on display are for example Jaspis Opal Obsidian Rock crystal and Iceland spar. Volcano House offers guidance and information throughout the exhibit.