The Leifssafn museum in Budardalur village in West Iceland features the Vinland Exhibit of Viking and explorer Leif Ericsson.
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The exhibition showcases scientifically verified tools and artefacts from the Viking Age. Leif sailed to 'Vinland' in North America, the first European to land there, nearly 500 years before Columbus.
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