Day 1 Iceland 2018

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Day 1, 21st September 2018. Photos in and around Reykjavik. We arrived a day earlier than Nigel Hicks, so had the day to ourselves to wander around Reykjavic. We caught the free bus to Perlan as it was somewhere we had not visited before.

The hills on the other side of the bay.

The entrance to Perlan. 6 huge tanks used to store geothermal water for use all over Reykjavic

Art installation outside the Perlan entrance

Interior shot of the cafe and glass roof on top of the tanks at Perlan.

Stairway to the roof

The glass dome from the outside reflecting the clouds

The view over Reykjavik from the roof terrace at Perlan

More cloud reflections

The view of Reykjavik from the other side of the roof terrace

The entrance to Perlan

Not a sign you see very often! ‘Danger Hot Water’ the temperature of the geothermal water is between 80 and 100 deg C

Tanks at Perlan with the glass dome visible.

Clouds over the hills and mountains opposite Reykjavik sea front.

Sun Voyager (Icelandic: Sólfar) is a sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason, located next to the Sæbraut road in Reykjavík,

Another view of the Sun Voyager sculpture.

High rise buildings that now shade the Sun Voyager from the setting sun. These a re a very recent addition to the Reykjavik skyline.

The statue to Leif Erikson by Alexander Stirling Calder in front of the church. It was a gift from the United States in honor of the 1930 Althing Millennial Festival, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Iceland’s parliament at Þingvellir in 930 AD.