Garðabær, sometimes written as Gardabær, is a small town of about 10,000 people in the area near the capital of Iceland Reykjavik. Do not think that this city is not worth a side visit though.
The Design Museum of Iceland is located in downtown Gardabær. Near the centre of Gardabær in Kirkjulund is a historical site not to be missed by Viking devotees known as the Hoffsstadir Archeological Site. The site holds the remains of the second largest building from the Viking settlement period of the area. It was discovered in 1994, and since then what is left of the building has been preserved with the creation of a public garden set up around it. You don't need a guide or a guidebook to learn about the settlement of Hoffsstadir as the garden features multimedia touch screens to tell the story of the site as well as the lives of the people who lived there during the ninth century.
