Thingvellir

Þingvellir is Iceland's most historic site: a wide rift valley where the North American and Eurasian plates are visibly drifting apart, leaving deep fissures, moss-covered lava and the long cliff wall of the Almannagjá gorge. It is also where the nation began — the Althing, one of the world's oldest parliaments, was founded on these plains in 930 and met here for centuries. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the first stop on the Golden Circle.