Vik i Myrdal Church
About the place
Víkurkirkja stands on a grassy rise above Vík í Mýrdal, in southern Iceland. Its white walls and red roof make it the most photographed building on the south coast. Consecrated in 1934, it was designed by Guðjón Samúelsson, the state architect behind Reykjavík's Hallgrímskirkja. The churchyard looks over the village, the black beach and the Reynisdrangar sea stacks. Vík also sits below the Katla volcano, and villagers would shelter here in a glacial flood.
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