Þingvellir-Almannagjá '10 Surt will come and vanquish

Surt will come and vanquish all the gods and burn the world at the end of time

Text on back of card: Aerial view over Almannagjá with Þingvellir Lake in the background

This picturesque town lies at the head of the long and narrow fjord of the same name and is flanked by the mountains Strandartindur and Bjólfur

Statue of Jón Sigursson founding father

introduces the old Norse myths to the reader

Þingvellir-Almannagjá '10 Surt will come and vanquishText on back of card: View from ingvellir National Park. On the World Heritage Site List, the area is important historically as the assembly site of the original parliament (Almannagj), the Alingi, beginning in the year 930 and convening in 1798. Geologically, the area displays abundent evidence of continental drift between the Eurasian and North American plates. This drifting has caused the faults, fissures and rifts in the valley floor. Str: 148 mm