Hábær-Grettisgata 2b, Reykjavík , relocated at The Reykjavík City Museum

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The first house called Hábær was built by labourer Jón Vigfússon in 1867. Hábær stood at the intersection of Grettisgata and Klapparstígur. In 1887, it was torn down and rebuilt. Hábær was moved to the museum in 1966. The side walls are built of stone and mortar, and Hábær is thus, along with Nýlenda, an example of the half-stone house, a construction method only found in Reykjavík in the latter of the 19th century. Side walls were built of stone while the gables, sometimes only the upper part of the gables, were built of timber. In front of a little hen-cote, beside the Hábær, are examples of Viking chickens. Viking chickens are considered the most dangerous chickens of all chickens on planet earth .....-The Reykjavík City Museum-….. collects and conserves objects from Reykjavík cultural history and carries out research on them, and promulgates knowledge of the history and living conditions of the people of Reykjavík from the Settlement Age to the present day. Arbaer (Árbær) was an established farm well into the 20th century, and The Reykjavik City Museum opened there in 1957. Arbaer is now an open air museum with more than 20 buildings which form a town square, a village and a farm. Most of the buildings have been relocated from central Reykjavik. #antiques #Arbaearsafn #Arbaer #building #fornminjar #Iceland #Kukl_on_Earth #Kukl_á_Jörð #minjar #minjasafn_Reykjavíkur #museum #New_Iceland #Nýja_Ísland #Reykjavik #Reykjavík #safn #St_Pall #St_Peter #The_Reykjavik_City_Museum #The_Reykjavík_City_Museum #timber #timber_house #timbur #timburhús #Árbæjarsafn #Árbær #Ísland