The story
Audio tour · Hallgrímskirkja
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You're standing at Hallgrímskirkja, on the Skólavörðuholt hill in the heart of Reykjavík. At 74.5 metres it's the tallest church in Iceland, and you can see it from almost anywhere in the city. Take a look at the tower. Those stepped side wings sloping down look like organ pipes, and that's deliberate. Architect Guðjón Samúelsson drew on Iceland's landscape, especially the basalt columns you can see at the Svartifoss waterfall. Mountains and glaciers are in the design too.
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