A tourist wrote a greeting in Hljómskálagarðurinn

Half past one, in 101

I don’t have a strong opinion on the clock. In Iceland, it’s always wrong. Noon, when the sun is highest in the sky, it’s half past two. Instead, like now in December, it’s light around noon, sunset around three. The mornings are dark, but we get a lot of light in the afternoon. If we change the clock, we’ll move further away from Europe, but a little closer to North America. That would mean four hour difference between Reykjavík and Helsinki, three hour difference from Stockholm, Paris and Madrid, two from London and Lisbon. Isn’t it just better to be closer to Europe in (summer) time? Icelandic Times / Land & Saga likes to struggle with this light now around the winter solstice, when it’s barely light, but still, half past two it’s bright, when it’s bright.