bits and pieces from the northern island.
I took a last stroll in the silent dampness of Hólavallagarður. Such a melancholy place during the autumnal months. It’s all fallen leaves and rowan’s tiny pomes. And rotting graves, fading flowers and forgotten angel figurines. I bid my farewell to all the little children sleeping in the womb of that mossy soil, to the … Read the full article →
We recently went to check out Pisa, a restaurant that was for a long time on our “wanna eat here” list (to tell all the truth, we went on two different occasions in the course of the last month). Pisa is a guesthouse and a restaurant, both located in the same building on Lækjargata 6b … Read the full article →
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Today an impressive mass of smoky substance (fog? didn’t look like it though) was enshrouding the bay across the city of Reykjavík. Nothing out of the ordinary has been reported; nevertheless, it was quite a sight to behold, beautiful in an eerie sort of way. These photos were taken when the amount of fog still … Read the full article →
It’s Museum Night today. Instead of going around taking photos of people in a national costume playing accordions, I ended taking photos of cats. How original.
Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival (Vetrarhátíð) is starting tomorrow. From Thursday to Sunday, the festival will host many different recreational and cultural happenings, including art exhibitions, film screenings, live music and so much more. The opening ceremony with Mayor Jón Gnarr will take place officially tomorrow evening at the Hallgrímskirkja and the festival will be going … Read the full article →
Oh Reykjavík, you can be lovely in the winter. Your days sometimes start with a snowfall and end with the sigh of the wind, while others nothing in the world will break the day-long quiet. Footprints unnoticed form and disappear. Your streets smell of grilled fish and cookies. Your windows never go to sleep; they … Read the full article →