A view of Hofskirkja Church in Norðausturvegur. Hofskirkja is a turf church in the Öræfi region of southeastern Iceland. There are only 6 turf churches left in Iceland and this is the last of the old churches to be built in this traditional style. Its walls are made of rock and the roof is made of stone slabs, covered with turf. The church was built in 1884.

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