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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....

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 ...

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...

Light

Light Ever changing, never the same. That's how Iceland is. Icelandic Times / Land & Saga went travelling. Headed east. At this time of year ...

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...