You push your way into a bar. It’s over crowded and probably close to a fire code violation, but the place is so small if a fire started, everyone could get out by shrugging the walls down. Standing at the door to the toilet, a strange, bearded fellow asks if …
Art is everywhere in Iceland. A glass and scrapmetal rainbow ends at the airport, metres from a giant, metal seed. Any random space you pass by in the city is as likely to be decorated with some sculpture as it is to stand empty, rocky and barren. For some reason, …
The people of Iceland speak Icelandic, a strange and lilting language that produces words like “snorrabraut”, “nooduitgang” and “bifreidastodur”. If you get lost, don’t expect to be able to pronounce the street name. Meanwhile, Icelanders can read ancient Viking texts.