Buildings with turf roof and walls, typical of rural buildings up to 1900 as there were few trees, Restored Farm Museum, Glaumber (Glaumbaer), Iceland

Turf roof houses in the south of the island, Skaftafell National Park, Iceland

Lindarbakki turf house at Bakkagerdi, Borgarfjordur eystri North East area, Iceland, Polar Regions

Islands of Stora Dimun on the right, and Litla Dimun, from Skarvanes, Sandoy Island, Faroe Islands (Faroes), Denmark, Europe

Nordic House, exteriors and turf covered roof, Torshavn, Streymoy, Faroe Islands (Faroes), Denmark, EuropeThe Nordic House (in Faroese Nordurlandahusid) is the most important cultural institution in the Faroe Islands. Its aim is to support and promote Nordic and Faroese culture, locally and in the Nordic region. Materials come from all over Scandinavia. The building is considered to be one of the most beautiful in Scandinavia (arch. Ola Steen).

Panoramic view of Velbastadur village, turf-roofed houses, Hestfjordur, Hestur on the left, and Koltur islands in the distance, Streymoy, Faroe Islands (Faroes), Denmark, Europe

Panoramic of typical grass roof (turf roof) houses, Saksun, Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

Traditional houses with grass (turf) roof, Kirkjubour, Streymoy island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

Traditional houses with grass (turf) roof, Kirkjubour, Streymoy island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

Traditional houses with grass (turf) roof, Kirkjubour, Streymoy island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

Turf roof, wooden red cottage, Haereid mountain plateau, sunny day, beautiful Eidfjord, Norwegian Western Fjords, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Horse in green meadows, Kirkjubour, Streymoy island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

Typical grass roof (turf roof) houses, Saksun, Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

Elevated view of typical grass roof (turf roof) houses, Saksun, Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe (Drone)

Traditional turf roofed farm building and waterfall, Saksun, Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands (Faroes), Denmark, Europe

Old farm at Saksun and waterfall, Streymoy, Faroe Islands (Faroes), Denmark, Europe

Turf roof houses at Laufas, Iceland, Polar Regions

Traditional turf houses at Glaumbaer, Iceland, Polar Regions

Traditional turf roofed farm buildings and church, Saksun, Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands (Faroes), Denmark, Europe

Traditional turf roofed house and hills at Saksun, Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands (Faroes), Denmark, Europe

Turf farmhouse, Iceland

Vidareidi church dating from 1892, and turf-roofed vicarage, Vidoy Island, Nordoyar, Faroe Islands (Faroes), Denmark, Europe

Turf roofed wooden hut, Kvaloya island, west of Tromso, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Building with turf roof, Saksun, Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

Rorbuer, traditional fishermnen's cottages now used for tourist accommodaton in Reine, Moskenesoya, The Lofoten Islands, Norway, Europe

Traditional turf roofs and red buildings in the charming cod fishing village of Reine, Lofoten Islands, Nordland, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Buildings with turf roofs, Saksun, Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

House with turf roof, Mykines Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

Houses with turf roofs, Bour village, Vagar island, Faroe islands, Denmark, Europe

Keldur old mill turf house and hills lit by Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis), Rangarvellir, Sudurland, South Iceland, Iceland, Polar Regions

Building with turf roof, Saksun, Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

Houses with turf roofs, Mykines Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

Turf roof, Tjornuvik, Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

Houses with turf roofs, Mykines Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

Replica Viking longhouse, turf roof, Haroldswick, Island of Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Turf houses with grass roofs, Folk Museum, Skogar, Iceland, Polar Regions

Glaumbaer (turf houses with grass roofs), Iceland, Polar Regions

Deer Grass, coloured orange in the Autumn time below Stac Pollaidh in Assynt, North West Highlands, Scotland, UK, looking towards Rubha Coigeach, with salt marsh nad sand dunes on the coast.

Glaumbaer (turf houses with grass roofs), Iceland, Polar Regions

A turf roof house in Turku, South of Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

A reconstructed Viking long house near Selfoss in Iceland, Polar Regions

A reconstructed Viking long house near Selfoss in Iceland, Polar Regions

Icelandic turf houses, Museum, Glaumbaer, North Island

Girona¥s Cathedral and the river Onyar, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

Sporty woman does breathing exercise on lawn of her country house

The house called Lindarbakki in the village Bakkageri Iceland

Stone and turf structure with wooden doorway at the recreated longhouse in Greenland's Brattahlid, Eriksfjord area, part of a reconstruction of Erik the Red's settlement, Kujataa World Heritage Site, Qassiarsuk, Southern Greenland, Greenland