Hofdi description and photos - Iceland: Reykjavik (Topic)

Hofdi description and photos - Iceland: Reykjavik. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Hofdi.

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One of the most famous houses in Reykjavik, Hovdi, which means “cape”, was built in Norway in 1909 for the French consul of Iceland, then disassembled was transported to Reykjavik and installed in a sparsely populated place on a cape, in the north of the capital. The house is wooden, with white walls, built in the fashionable Art Nouveau style at that time. On it you can still see the abbreviation of the French Republic, the name of the consul and the year of construction.

Khovdi House is amazingly beautiful. It is even difficult to determine what makes it so attractive - whether its own architectonics, made according to all the canons of high art, or its extremely harmonious fusion with the surrounding landscape. It is simply impossible to take your eyes off him.

Since 1958, Hovdi has been municipal property and used as a guest house for foreign leaders and celebrities invited by the government. At different times, Winston Churchill and Marlene Dietrich stayed there.

The Icelandic Summit held within its walls in 1986 - the meeting of Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan - brought world fame to the Hovdi house. This event put an end to the Cold War and contributed to the fall of the Iron Curtain.

Khovdi is closed to ordinary citizens and tourists. However, both those and others constantly revolve around him. But it's not just the beauty of the house that attracts them. It is rumored to be full of ghosts. The famous Icelandic poet, Einar Benedichtson, who once owned this house, complained that he was the ghost of a woman in white every night. He lost his sleep and was soon forced to sell the house. Other stories are told. Whether they are true or not, no one knows, but it is clear that this house, endowed with such magical beauty, cannot but keep a secret.

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