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.
After a long flight, everything seems more bleak. Driving across rocky, empty fields under a grey sky, you feel like this might just be the most alien place you’ll ever visit. But you’re on a bus, and there’s sun peeking out behind those clouds, and the people on the highway …