For a country whose history, economy and society has been largely underpinned by its relationship with the sea, it’s natural that there should be a museum dedicated to its maritime culture.

The Reykjavik Maritime Museum offers a fully rounded review of how Icelanders harvested the sea from one age to the next, with dozens of photographs, artefacts, fishing equipment and machinery carefully displayed alongside gigantic AV screens attempting to portray the awesome scale of the sea and thoughtfully reminding us of the awfulness of the task.

Amongst these are chastening displays of the human cost involved, a litany of disasters at sea illustrated by the images and names of those lost in the grim task of feeding a nation.

The museum offers a two tier ticket - for a little extra, it’s possible to have a 50 minute tour of the recently decommissioning coastguard vessel, the Óðinn.

This offers a fantastic opportunity to recall how Icelanders were able to withstand significant external pressures to protect their main natural resource over a series of “Cod Wars” from the 1950’s into the 1970’s.

As a combination, these two installations are excellent and would definitely reward a couple of hours of time spent.