Víðimýrarkirkja is a beautiful old turf church located in Skagafjörður of North-Iceland, the fourth president of Iceland said, the church is ‘the purest example and the most beautiful keepsake of the Icelandic architecture’.
Víðimýrarkirkja was built in 1834 by Jón Samsonarson, which has almost 200 years of history.
There is a Danish altarpiece inside the church, it is a triptych which dates back to 1616 depicting the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection.
The interior fittings of the church are an example of the fixed conventions of seating in Icelandic churches after the Reformation: men on the south of the aisle, women on the north.
There is a small cemetery next to the church, the view around is incredibly splendid, an excellent resting place.
The timber of the church is still the original driftwood from North America, while the turf is regularly renewed.
