Brian W. Ogilvie

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Iceland 2015

Images from a trip in summer 2015
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  • Waiting for departure

    Waiting for departure

  • First morning view from the hotel window

    First morning view from the hotel window

    The Icelandic Health Hotel is not in a very picturesque part of the country, but the flat volcanic landscape has a certain charm.

  • Outside the car rental office

    Outside the car rental office

  • Outside the Viking World Museum

    Outside the Viking World Museum

  • Giant stone head outside the Viking World Museum

    Giant stone head outside the Viking World Museum

  • Nineteenth-century farmstead

    Nineteenth-century farmstead

    The original tenancy of this farmstead prohibited livestock; the residents had to make their living from the sea. Now it's part of an open-air museum.

  • Old boat at farmstead

    Old boat at farmstead

  • Stone wall at farmstead

    Stone wall at farmstead

  • Viking World Museum

    Viking World Museum

    It's mostly about the ship. It's a replica Viking ship that was sailed to New York.

  • Dress-up for adults!

    Dress-up for adults!

    Did the Vikings wear pink boots? And what do those runes say?

  • Well, the shield has a fierce expression...

    Well, the shield has a fierce expression...

  • Prow, with teeth

    Prow, with teeth

  • Viking ship (replica)

    Viking ship (replica)

  • The lines that hold up the mast when it is upright end in these bights attached to wooden pegs that fit in holes in the hull.

    The lines that hold up the mast when it is upright end in these bights attached to wooden pegs that fit in holes in the hull.

  • Hull, shields, and sail

    Hull, shields, and sail

  • Outside the Viking World Museum

    Outside the Viking World Museum

  • Hallgrímskirjka, Reykjavik

    Hallgrímskirjka, Reykjavik

  • Portal, Hallgrímskirjka, Reykjavik

    Portal, Hallgrímskirjka, Reykjavik

  • View from Hallgrímskirjka, Reykjavik

    View from Hallgrímskirjka, Reykjavik

  • Reykjavik mural art

    Reykjavik mural art

  • Viking ship conceived as a set of forks

    Viking ship conceived as a set of forks

  • No cairn building

    No cairn building

    You can see why they put up this sign in this photo from my August 2012 photo taken at the same site: https://brianogilvie.smugmug.com/Europe/Iceland-2012/i-fGzWmcc/A

  • Þingvellir: the Almannagjá, the most prominent fault in the valley

    Þingvellir: the Almannagjá, the most prominent fault in the valley

    This is one of the places where the European and North American tectonic plates are separating, at a combined speed of around 7 mm per year—i.e., over 7 meters (22 feet) since Iceland was settled.

  • Almannagjá

    Almannagjá

  • Þingvellir landscape

    Þingvellir landscape

  • Þingvellir landscape

    Þingvellir landscape

  • Þingvellir lava

    Þingvellir lava

  • Skálholt chapel

    Skálholt chapel

    Skálholt was the site of the first episcopal see in Iceland. It was transferred to Reykjavik in the eighteenth century but re-established as a satellite in the twentieth. This modern chapel was built using traditional methods: a dry laid stone foundation, a wooden superstructure, and then a turf exterior (see below).

  • Skálholt chapel: exterior with turf cover

    Skálholt chapel: exterior with turf cover

  • Skálholt chapel and church

    Skálholt chapel and church

  • Elf door on the Skálholt chapel

    Elf door on the Skálholt chapel

  • Skálholt: tunnel from the church to the site of the school

    Skálholt: tunnel from the church to the site of the school

    The old school is now an archaeological dig.

  • Memento mori on a Skálholt tomb

    Memento mori on a Skálholt tomb

  • Gullfoss

    Gullfoss

    The largest waterfall in Europe, in terms of volume, though not the tallest.

  • Gullfoss

    Gullfoss

  • In the rain at Gullfoss

    In the rain at Gullfoss

  • Reykjavik graffiti

    Reykjavik graffiti

  • Klyfjahestur, sculpture by Sigurjón Ólafsson

    Klyfjahestur, sculpture by Sigurjón Ólafsson

  • The new opera house in Reykjavik

    The new opera house in Reykjavik

  • Mural seen on a bike ride around Reykjavik

    Mural seen on a bike ride around Reykjavik

  • Reykjavik water fountain

    Reykjavik water fountain

  • Lighthouse, Seltjarnarnes peninsula, Reykjavik

    Lighthouse, Seltjarnarnes peninsula, Reykjavik

  • Lighthouse, Seltjarnarnes peninsula, Reykjavik

    Lighthouse, Seltjarnarnes peninsula, Reykjavik

  • Mural, public library, Reykjavik

    Mural, public library, Reykjavik

  • No need to bring a copy

    No need to bring a copy

    I brought my rather hefty copy of the Penguin selected "Sagas of Icelanders" on the trip. Had I forgotten it, I would have found plenty of opportunities to replace it. As it turns out, I've had precious little time to read it.

  • Reykjavik graffiti

    Reykjavik graffiti

  • At dinner at Aalto Bistro, Reykjavik

    At dinner at Aalto Bistro, Reykjavik

  • Sticker shock

    Sticker shock

    Visitors to the National Museum get a sticker showing that they have bought a ticket. Apparently, many of them leave the stickers on this post after they have left the museum.

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    Portal, Hallgrímskirjka, Reykjavik
    View from Hallgrímskirjka, Reykjavik
    Reykjavik mural art