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Lögberg
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About Lögberg
Lögberg, the Law Rock, is the spot in Þingvellir National Park where Iceland's Alþingi assembly was addressed from its founding in 930 until it last met there in 1798. Today a flagpole on a ledge above the rift valley marks the site, about 45 minutes' drive northeast of Reykjavík on the Golden Circle.
This was the center of the assembly. The lawspeaker stood at Lögberg and recited the law code from memory over his three-year term, and anyone with a case or proposal spoke from here too. The adoption of Christianity around the year 1000 was announced at the Law Rock, and the Republic of Iceland was proclaimed at Þingvellir on June 17, 1944.
Nobody knows exactly where the original rock stood, because the ground at Þingvellir has shifted through a thousand years of rifting. Historians have proposed more than one site, and the flagpole on the slope called Hallurinn marks the most widely accepted one. With the wall of Almannagjá behind you and the plain spread out below, the setting still makes sense of why the assembly met here.
From the Hakið visitor center, a paved path runs down through Almannagjá and reaches Lögberg in about 10 minutes. Drekkingarhylur and Öxarárfoss are a short walk farther on, so most people fold the Law Rock into an hour or so on foot in the gorge.
Visiting Lögberg is free, but parking at Þingvellir costs 1,000 ISK per car, valid for the whole day in lots P1, P2 and P5. Come early or late in the day to miss the midday tour crowds. In winter, expect the path to be icy in places.
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What is Lögberg in Iceland?
Lögberg, the Law Rock, is the place at Þingvellir where the lawspeaker recited the laws and speeches were made to the Alþingi assembly from 930 to 1798.
Where is Lögberg at Thingvellir?
A flagpole on a ledge on the east side of Almannagjá marks it, about a 10-minute walk down the paved path from the Hakið visitor center.
Is Lögberg the original Law Rock?
No one knows for sure, because the rift valley has shifted over the centuries. The flagpole marks the most widely accepted site.
Why is there a flag at Lögberg?
The flagpole marks the traditional site of the Law Rock, and the Icelandic flag normally flies there.
Does it cost anything to visit Lögberg?
Visiting is free, but parking at Þingvellir costs 1,000 ISK per car and covers the whole day in lots P1, P2 and P5.
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