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.   


Mission: The mission of Volcano House is to give visitors a glimpse of the reality of living in Iceland where volcanoes and earthquakes are a part of daily life.
History: Volcano House was established in 2011 by the siblings Horaur Gunnarsson porir Gunnarsson Svavar Gunnarsson Dagbjort  Gunnarsdottir and their families.
Admission: Admission for the Geology exhibition is free but ticket price for the cinema both documentaries is 1990 ISK per person. 1700 ISK for senior citizens and students (with a student card) 1600 ISK for Reykjavik Welcome Card holders 1000 ISK for children between 12-16 and 500 ISK for children between 6-12.

Volcano House is a Geology exhibition in Reykjavik Iceland located at Tryggvagata. The exhibition gives a brief overview of Iceland's geological history and volcanic systems. Every hour the Volcano House shows two documentaries one about the volcanic eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in 2010 and one about the volcanic eruption in the Westman Islands in 1973. Volcano House also includes a coffee shop and a gift shop. Opening hours are from 9.00 - 22.00 every day of the week.