Are you planning to hike to the eruption at Fimmvörðuháls? Read this first!    October 2008 Nordic Viking Game Snorrastofa has been invited to participate in a project where the goal is to make a Nordic digital interaktiv viking game for children, presenting the central places of the Viking age. The visitor will experience the connection between various places from this period. Some places are already represented and Snorrastofa will be added in 2009. The product is sponcored by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The game can be found on the following link: www.raa.se/vikingaresan     Summer 2008 New exhibition on the archaeological excavation in Reykholt has been opened in Finnsstofa.     May 2008 American students on a travel course in Reykholt     In May 2008 Dr. Meg Upchurch and her colleague Dr. Christopher Begley from the Transylvania University in Kentucky took their 21 students on a 12 day travel course in Reykholt. The title of the course was Reading and Writing Landscape in Iceland.   June 2007 Books published by Snorrastofa   In June 2007 four books have been released based on the project called Reykholtsverkefni, which is an international research project in medieval studies. The articles in the books are written in the Scandinavian languages and in English.        Cards with photos of the windows and the organ are for sale. Contact Snorrastofa Tourist reception, tel 433 8000 or "Skálholtsútgáfan" at Laugavegur 28, Reykjavík. Fund raising for the church windows.     August 27th. 2008 The old timber church opened The old wooden church in Reykholt became part of the National Museum in 2001. Since then the church has been renovated to bring it back to it’s original state. The church was formarly opened, as a museum, by the Director of the National Museum Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir.     Summer 2006 Exhibition in Snorrastofa Women in the age of Snorri Sturluson The exhibition is intended to shed light on the role, status and activities of women in Iceland from the 12th to the 14th century. Illustrations are inspired by illuminations from manuscripts dated to those centuries showing women mainly at their activities. The illustrations are exhibited on a sort of a tapestry completed with texts describing the role of women and references to the ladies connected with Snorri Sturlusons live. The texts are focused on Reykholt and Borgarfjörður. This exhibition is intended to generate discussion on the role of women in general as well as to inform and entertain guests.