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Bright future

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Bright future In Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús, there is currently a graduation exhibition of BA students at the Iceland Academy of Arts. These are the final...

Welcome to Iceland

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Welcome to Iceland According to the latest figures from the Icelandic Tourist Board, the number of tourists has increased by 103%, to 1.9 million in the last...

Brighter times ahead

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Brighter times ahead There are four things that stand out, after the European Council summit, says Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir. "First of all, full supp...

World event in Reykjavík

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World event in Reykjavík The summit of the Council of Europe is now being held in Reykjavík, and this is only the fourth summit of the council since it was f...

Evening mood in Reykjavík

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Evening mood in Reykjavík At the end of the day, after a very long and busy day with family and friends, there is nothing better for a photograph...

Photographs of the year 2022

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Photographs of the year 2022 For more than three decades, BLÍ, Iceland's Press Photographers' Association, in cooperation with Iceland's Journalists' Associati...

Hanami meeting

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Hanami meeting It has been 12 years since the Icelandic-Japanese association planted Japanese cherry trees in Hljómskálagarður. But when the cherry trees are i...

The future is Kári’s

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The future is Kári's Kári Egilsson held a release concert at NASA at Austurvöllur, where this 20-year-old musician celebrated the release of his first LP, Palm...

Lækjartorg

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Lækjartorg Lækjartorg has been one of Reykjavík's main squares, since the town/city began being built up and expanded after it received mar...

Hannesarholt 10 years old

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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...

In the middle of the city center

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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

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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...

Pósthusstræti then & now

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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...

Vesturgata in Vesturbær

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Vesturgata in Vesturbær At the beginning of the last century, Reykjavík was divided into three parts, downtown, east and west. The more affluent lived in the...

Tjarnargata by Tjörnin

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Tjarnargata by Tjörnin Tjarnargata, runs from Fógetagarðurinn, where the first settler Ingólfur Arnarson built his settlement in 874, to Hringbraut, along Tj...