Capital Area

Our church, Hallgrímskirkja

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Our church, Hallgrímskirkja At the top of Skólavörðuholt you can find Hallgrímskirkja, one of Reykjavík's main landmarks. It was the architect Guðjón Samúels...

Sjáland

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Sjáland It's been almost twenty years since the neighbourhood Sjáland in Garðabær was built, around the ideas of architect Björn Ólafs. A neighborhood with 750...
Aerial photo of Hlíðar district in 1961

Reykjahlíð

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Reykjahlíð Aerial photo of Hlíðar district in 1961. Here we can see how the Reykjahlíð farmhouse is surrounded by the expanding district. (Photo: Gunnar Rún...
Börn við vinnu á saltfiskreitnum á Rauðarárholti

Fish drying grounds

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Fish drying grounds People at work at the fish-drying grounds in Kirkjusandur around 1910. (Photographer: Magnús Ólafsson) The traditional way of drying ...

That one summer day

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That one summer day It was a beautiful day in the capital area today. Icelandic Times enjoyed the day and went out to capture the mood at the start of the ev...