Colorful in Hafnarborg
Colorful in Hafnarborg
They are different, but really amazing, the two exhibitions that are going on in Hafnarborg, the cultural art center of Hafnarfjörður....
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Christmas snow at the beginning of summer
Christmas snow at the beginning of summer
Since Iceland became independent 79 years ago, it has only happened four times that the snow depth has been measure...
A city within a city
A city within a city
On Laugavegur, just above Hlemmur in the city center, industrial buildings built around the time of the Second World War are currently ...
Hafnarfjörður, a harbor, houses and lava
Hafnarfjörður, a harbor, houses and lava
When Hafnarfjörður, now the third most populous town in the country with more than 30,000 inhabitants, became a mark...
The westernmost part of Snæfellsnes
The westernmost part of Snæfellsnes
If there was a poll about the most beautiful municipalities in the country, i'm pretty sure that Snæfellsbær would be in ...
Kirkjufell
Kirkjufell
Probably no mountain in Iceland has been photographed as much in recent years as Kirkjufell in Grundarfjörður, as it is exceptionally beautiful. Gru...
In Stykkishólmur
In Stykkishólmur
Stykkishólmur by Breiðafjörður is the most populated town on Snæfellsnes. Fisheries, trade and now tourism are the main industries in this m...
Vesturlandsins birta
Vesturlandsins birta
Þegar maður ferðast um Ísland, hvort sem maður fer vestur á Snæfellsnes, vestur á firði eða norður til Akureyrar eða alla leið á Melrakk...
Hannesarholt 10 years old
Hannesarholt 10 years old
For a decade, the cultural institution Hannesarholt has been run with great care by Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir and her family at Grundar...
The city library is a 100 years old
The city library is a 100 years old
There will have been one hundred years this April since the City Library of Reykjavík, one of the capital's oldest cultur...
Grafarholt
Grafarholt
By Reynisvatn
It is not unpleasant for the residents of the Grafarholt district, one of Reykjavík's newest districts, to know that it is bo...
The joy of art
The joy of art
Kviksjá / Kaleidoscope í vestursal Kjarvalsstaða
It is so rewarding and fun to go to Kjarvalsstaðir right now. In this 50-year-old build...
In the middle of the city center
In the middle of the city center
Hverfisgata, which runs north of and parallel to Laugavegur, Reykjavík's main shopping street, is and always was the little ...
By the blue bayou
By the blue bayou
Of course, I have been to the coastline many times, up and down along the capital coastlines. And, as always, the area surprises me. In a p...
Western settlement
Western settlement
About 1,200 people now live in Vesturbyggð on the southern side of the Vestfjords, which extends from Barðaströnd and Rauðisandur at Breið...
Pósthusstræti then & now
Pósthusstræti then & now
On a map drawn by the city of Reykjavík in 1801, there are five streets and one unnamed path, between the Cathedral and Austurst...
Art in the valley
Art in the valley
Laugardalur is significant in may ways. The people of Reykjavík used to make their way east of Laugavegur to Þvottalaugarnar to wash their ...
Cold winter, warm Easter
Cold winter, warm Easter
This winter is the coldest of the century. The average temperature in Reykjavík in the coldest month, December, was just around -4°C...
Figures on tourists
Figures on tourists
It is interesting to look at the composition of foreign tourists who visit Iceland. Ferðamálastofa / Icelandic Tourist Board compiles num...
