Nordic mythology is kept alive at Grand Hotel Reykjavik

Online, May 21, 2010 (Newswire.com) - When walking through the main entrance of the Grand Hótel Reykjavík you are greeted with the creation of the world by Völuspá (Prophecy of the Völva) a phenomenal glass artwork by the Icelandic artist Leifur Breiðfjörð. Völuspá is the first and best known poem of the Poetic Edda.
In Völuspá Ã"ðinn, the greatest of the gods, raises a far-sighted giantess, völva, from the dead to interrogate her about the gods' fate. Her prophecy is a history of the world from its beginnings to the Ragnarök (destruction of the gods) and beyond.

The heart of Grand Hótel Reykjavík is beating with wisdom from Hávamál (Sayings of the high one) that is presented as a single poem in the Poetic Edda.

Grand Hótel Reykjavík takes great pride in its reception area loaded in Miðgarður where we tell you beforehand how we will great and meet you as our guest. Miðgarður is the name of one of nine worlds in Norse cosmology and is the home of humans and is protected by Thor, God of Thunder and his Hammer. Miðgarður (or Midgard) is roughly translates to "middle earth" or "middle place" pictured as place somewhere in the middle of Yggdrasil, and is surrounded by a world of water, or ocean, that is impassable.

In Norse mythology, Miðgarður became applied to the wall around the world that the gods constructed from the eyebrows of the giant Ymir as a defence against the Jotuns who lived in Jotunheim. In Miðgarður at Grand Hótel Reykjavík our guests dwell and are well protected.

Miðgarður Bisto bar is great place for group lunch or even dinner, or a drink or two to take the stress away after your busy day in Iceland.

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