Perlan
Glass dome atop six former hot water tanks, with a planetarium, a man-made ice tunnel, and a rotating rooftop restaurant.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Perlan in Reykjavik begins in 1930, when the painter Jóhannes Kjarval described a temple that nobody ever built, and then turns to the hill of Öskjuhlíð, where a far plainer structure went up in 1939. Along the way you'll meet the mayor Davíð Oddsson and the architect Ingimundur Sveinsson. It is best heard standing outside, on the ring around the building.
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