I was watching the movie Heima (Wikipedia / IMDB ) and decided to pause on a scene of a baby buggy outside of a bookstore (bókaverslun). It reminded me of a local custom that foreigners find curious, Icelandic moms will park their buggies outside of the market often with the baby asleep in the buggy. Two [...]
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I stumbled on this video and find it rather nice. Reykjavík was pretty interesting even back then. “Population 21 thousand, police force of three”. A few buildings in the film are still there and the hot spring laundry is still there but only as an historical artifact. Enjoy.
The short version of what the sun feels like on an early winter day near the arctic. It is like a sunrise that lasts for a few short hours and then spends the same time in sunset. To the more equatorialzed visitor it is very noticeable that 9:30AM is still black as the darkest night. [...]
