Around 1900, Iceland had about 6,000 baer —or farms—and a total of up to 100,000 individual turf structures. By the 1930s, though, official figures put that count at 3,665 baer.

"Turf farms and homes were in every part of Iceland and have been the prevailing building method for generations," Hannes Lárusson, founder of the Islenski Baerinn (Turf House Museum) in ...

The last-known occupancy of a turf house as a home here was 1992, and many are still used as farm outbuildings, so these buildings are part of our recent collective memory." ...

With Iceland’s inclement weather, turf homes needed to be rebuilt about every 20 years, though some could last for up to 70 years. In 1910, there were around 5,500 turf homes of these rustic and ...

In 1910, there were around 5,500 turf homes of these rustic and basic farmsteads in Iceland, accounting for more than half of all residences, according to historians.

Icelandic turf farms have been typically known to be clusters having two to 30 turf houses that are connected by earthen corridors, a type of structure known as a baer.

Iceland is also a stage for the Northern Lights and this year is a solar maximum, the period of greatest solar activity within a solar cycle (each cycle lasts about 11 years), which means more ...

Turf houses, Iceland's architectural jewels Published: 19 Apr 2019 - 05:48 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 04:02 am ...

The reconstructed medieval farm in Þjórsárdalur and the development of the Icelandic turf house / by Guðmundur Ólafsson and Hörður Ágústsson ; [English translation, Keneva Kunz] Smithsonian ...

There are almost no ruins in Iceland, however, for the inhabitants lived for century after century in houses made of turf. With the 20th Century came corrugated iron.

We're headed back to Deplar Farm, a 12-room lodge that Eleven opened last spring on Iceland's Troll Peninsula, a 90-minute drive along a coastal road from the city of Akureyri.