Mother’s love in the Mother’s Garden
Mother's love in the Mother's Garden
In Lækjargata, in the middle of downtown Reykjavík, is the work of art Móðurást by Nína Sæmundsson (1892-1965). A work th...
Capital Area
Small house, big story
Small house, big story
Garðhús, a small house that stands at a special place on Mýrargata, opposite Bakkastígur on the west side of Reykjavík Harbor, is q...
The French one at Frakkastígur
The French one at Frakkastígur
The French hospital witch the French built in 1902 in the land of Eyjólfsstaðir, just west of Rauðará in Reykjavík, now stands o...
The Laundry Pools in Laugardalur
The Laundry Pools in Laugardalur
The Laundry Pools or Þvottalaugar in Laugardalur are about 3 km / 2 mi from the centre of Reykjavík. People began using the ...
October in Reykjavík
October in Reykjavík
Going down to the center of Reykjavík on a normal Saturday in October, armed with two cameras, what will your eye catch? H...
House & History
House & History
In the year 1848, the street Hafnarstræti in Kvosin in Reykjavík got its name. Previously the path, by the then coastal ridge, was called...
Grassy residences
Grassy residences
Turfhouses were the main type of houses in Iceland until last century. A house built from turf, with stone cladding and/or a wooden frame. T...
Autumn in Hafnarfjörður
Autumn in Hafnarfjörður
Some people think fall is the best time of the year; when the autumn darkness, the autumn colors and the northern lights appear. Icel...
Up & rarely down
Food is a very large post in the index basket
Up & rarely down
Inflation in Iceland for the last twelve months is now 9.3% and continues to ...
Auður’s living hats
Auður's living hats
From the exhebition Halda Áfram by Auður in Gallery Port
Auður brings life to hats
Gallery Port at Laugavegur 32 makes the ca...
Vífil’s land
Vífil's land
In 874, Vífill and Karli, slaves of the first settler Ingólfur Arnarson, found his high sea pillars, in a bay under Arnarhóll in Reykjavík....
The poet’s house
The poet's house
Halldór Laxness (1902-1998) is undoubtedly Iceland's greatest poet of the 20th century. He is the only Icelandic writer to have received th...
Indian summer in September
Indian summer in September
The weather has been excellent in the last few days. Icelandic Times / Land & Saga dashed to the city centre tonight with a ca...
Thorvaldsen from Skagafjörður
Thorvaldsen from Skagafjörður
The sculptor and artist Bertel Thorvaldsen stands tall in Hljómskálagarður. The greatest artist of the Nordic countries is writ...
On the border
On the border
Fossvogsdalur is a great outdoor area on the border between Reykjavík and Kópavogur. The valley that runs east of Fossvogur cove is 2.5 km long...
In the blink of an eye
In the blink of an eye
The beautiful Museum of Contemporary Art opened in 1978. The museum has become one of the oldest museums in Europe, mana...
The Island in the Capital
The island in the capital
Örfiri is the former name of an island you can walk to at low tide. There are several in the country called Örfirisey; one of the i...
Art in the gallery by the harbour
Art in the gallery by the harbour
The gallery Kling & Bang was founded by ten visual artists almost 20 years ago. The policy is and was to promote art th...
From A to Z
From A to Ö
So beautiful this week, coming to Reykjavík from the south and seeing Hringvegur 1 lit up in the evening sun at Sandskeið; yes 22 km home, 1299 k...
