Comments on: Icelandic turf houses: Laufas, Glaumbaer and others https://rachelsruminations.com/icelandic-turf-houses-laufas-glaumbaer/ Taking the road less traveled Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:41:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ingrid McQuivey https://rachelsruminations.com/icelandic-turf-houses-laufas-glaumbaer/#comment-37761 Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:47:11 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=15510#comment-37761 In reply to Ingrid McQuivey.

That was supposed to say Iceland, not Ireland. 🙂

]]> By: Ingrid McQuivey https://rachelsruminations.com/icelandic-turf-houses-laufas-glaumbaer/#comment-37760 Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:46:03 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=15510#comment-37760 What an interesting and informative article. Hopefully, one day, I will be able to see Ireland and its turf houses. It looks lovely.

]]> By: Rachel Heller https://rachelsruminations.com/icelandic-turf-houses-laufas-glaumbaer/#comment-37119 Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:45:55 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=15510#comment-37119 In reply to Cindy Carlsson.

We stayed right next to DrangshlĂ­Ă° 2. I didn’t list it because, to be honest, it didn’t occur to me. It’s basically a ruin – albeit, as you say, very evocative.

]]> By: Cindy Carlsson https://rachelsruminations.com/icelandic-turf-houses-laufas-glaumbaer/#comment-37101 Sat, 14 Nov 2020 23:36:35 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=15510#comment-37101 I am totally jealous of how many turf houses you got to see! We had a super-quick tour of Glaumbaer (because we got there later than planned and they were ready to close) and one you seemed to miss, Drangshlíð 2 in the south. That one wasn’t really set up for tours, but was very evocative. It’s hard to imagine people lived this way into the 19th and even 20th century. (Especially given Iceland’s long, dark, cold winters.) As you point out, it couldn’t have been very pleasant, although I suppose it was just normal until a certain number of people moved into modern houses.

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