点评:The Aurora building at the top of the Old Harbour is a nice little attraction that give a great insight to the Aurora Borealis, or as it is more commonly known, the Northern Lights. Inside there are small displays explaining the phenomenon and how it happens, a small cinema where you can sit for 20 or 30 minutes or so seeing images of the lights from locations all over the island and then in the small shop and coffee bar you can sit down for the final treat. A virtual reality headset with about 3 minutes of the Borealis crashing all over the sky. That bit is great, as your head swings from side to side and up and down trying to follow it all over the sky as it happens before your eyes.
It is quite small exhibition and can be visited in an hour or less which is great if like us for instance, you need to fill a little time before going out on a boat or something.
There is an entrance fee which is ok, but beware if, like us you have booked with an excursion such as a Northern Lights sightseeing tour that promised a free admission the Aurora Centre on the day of the tour. We went along on that assumption, only to find that the Centre had no knowledge of the promised ticket and so, being at a loose end we opted to pay for admission (for which the visit was, I think, good value). Expecting to claim the fee back from the tour company. When we tried later to do just that, the company denied that they offered such a deal and claimed that we must have seen that offer on some other firms website. I am pretty sure that we did not, but when trying to get more information from the main Icelandic booking website who we booked through, we got nowhere.
So be warned, the promise of free entry may not always be honoured, but don't let that stop you from visiting the Aurora, Northern Lights Centre, it really is a very good experience.
翻译:旧港顶部的极光大厦是一个不错的小景点,可以让您深入了解北极光,或者更常见的北极光。里面有一些小显示器解释了这种现象及其发生的过程,还有一个小电影院,您可以在那里坐 20 或 30 分钟左右,观看岛上各地的灯光图像,然后您可以在小商店和咖啡吧里坐下来下来等待最后的款待。虚拟现实耳机,约3分钟的北欧化工满天飞。这一点很棒,因为你的头从一侧到另一侧、上下摆动,试图跟随它在天空中发生,就像它发生在你眼前一样。
这是一个很小的展览,可以在一个小时或更短的时间内参观完毕,如果像我们一样,您需要在乘船或其他东西出去之前填补一点时间,那就太好了。
有入场费,这没关系,但请注意,如果您像我们一样预订了北极光观光旅游等短途旅行,并且承诺在旅行当天免费进入极光中心。我们按照这个假设进行,结果发现该中心不知道所承诺的门票,因此,由于闲置,我们选择支付入场费(我认为这次参观很有价值)。希望向旅游公司索回费用。当我们后来尝试这样做时,该公司否认他们提供了这样的交易,并声称我们一定在其他一些公司的网站上看到了这一优惠。我很确定我们没有,但是当我们试图从我们预订的冰岛主要预订网站获取更多信息时,我们一无所获。
因此请注意,免费入场的承诺可能并不总是兑现,但不要因此而阻止您参观极光、北极光中心,这确实是一次非常好的体验。