...and still more... ;)

As you can see, I´m amazed. I din´t know there existed such great photos of my country on the net. Thanks, travelers!
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This road is actually part of the route to Óskar´s hometown Neskaupstaður in the fjords of East-Iceland.

Some more Iceland photos!

From downtown Reykjavík.
"Glöggt er gests augað"

South-Iceland trip

Surprise!

Ca. 1955: Little Greta watches the sheep that were gathered down from the mountains in the fall, waiting in the "rétt" (fold) to be distributed to the farms and housed during the harsh Icelandic winter.

50 years later: Greta finds photo of the same fold in a travellog on the internet!

Beautiful!

Triplets were born "the natural way" yesterday in "Landspítalinn", the Iceland National Hospital, two girls and a boy in the middle. It was the first time in over 20 years that there has been such a birth without a cesarian. This was at the mother´s own request and the birth itself was over in 15 minutes. "The whole thing went like a fairy tale" the mother remarked happily afterwards.

Have a look at the link above. Aren´t they just beautiful? (And the mother too!)

Icelandic Artists

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Icelandic Artists

Gerður Helgadóttir (1928-1975)

Gerður Helgadóttir was a versatile and prolific artist. She studied at the Icelandic College of Arts and Handicraft, then later in Florence, and in Paris where she spent most of her working life. With her geometric iron sculptures in the 1950s she established herself as a pioneer in three-dimensional abstract sculpture in Iceland. Later she worked exclusively using iron filaments which formed drawings in the sculptural space. Her art underwent a radical change when she began welding in bronze. The forms of her works became irregular and reveal an affinity with lyrical abstraction. After she visited Egypt in 1966, the influence of ancient Egyptian art can be discerned. From 1970 onwards she turned to massive works from plaster, clay and even concrete, characterized by simple circular forms and variations on the theme of motion. Many of these works were conceived as prototypes for large-scale sculptures.

Her works in stained glass are also remarkable. Her works, sculptures, mosaics and stained glass vindows can be widely viewed in and outside churches and official buildings in Iceland.

Gerður´s works on the internet.


Kópavogur Art Museum – Gerðarsafn, is one of Iceland's newest art museums, inaugurated in 1994, and the largest outside Reykjavík. Its collection comprises some 2,500 works. The Gerður Helgadóttir collection, donated to the town of Kópavogur by the heirs of the sculptress in 1977, contains around 1,400 works.

Another 300 works are in the bequest by illustrator Barbara Árnason and painter/sculptor Magnús Á. Árnason. Other works in the collection have been purchased by Kópavogur Arts and Culture Committee and are almost exclusively by Icelandic artists. In 2001, Kópavogur Art Museum took custody of the private collection owned by Þorvaldur Guðmundsson and his wife Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir. Different exhibitions are compiled every year from the more than 1,000 works that make up this largest private collection in Iceland. A wide range of exhibitions of Icelandic modern and contemporary art are staged at the museum and international exhibitions are also held in cooperation with museums and institutes from other countries.


Skálholtskirkja

Works by Gerður in Skálholt Church.

Hidden Worlds Walks

"Hafnarfjördur (Iceland) is a town of both humans and hidden beings. While one senses elves in nearly every garden, the lava is particularly alive, with dwarfs, gremlins and all kinds of other mysterious beings"...

The psychic Erla Stefánsdóttir has communicated with those beings from childhood. She has made various drawings of them (like the one in the post about "The Elf School") She has also designed a map of the places where they dwell, in the small town of Hafnarfjörður and in other places as well.

Erla Stefánsdóttir says: “I started drawing elves and making maps of where they live so that humans might start respecting nature more,” she says. “We should not kill other people and we should not kill nature. We ought to listen to what nature is telling us rather than destroying our forests and poisoning the ocean.”

“Most people are blind and cannot see a thing. They cannot see beyond their body. They do not even see the soul within themselves.”

The quotations above are from an interview with Erla Stefánsdóttir.

Scouting

Jamboree Song: Click ere

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Snæfellsjökull National Park

Glacier Snæfellsjökull - a mountain of mystical power

In our civilised society we rarely give thought to the mysteries of the forces within our planet but in Iceland these forces invade the imagination as they struggle to break though to the surface by means of volcanoes and geysers. Nature's exertions have not ceased since the time land was pushed up from the North Atlantic seabed by volcanic forces. One can easily imagine that the barrier between the earth’s surface and natural elements beneath is at its flimsiest in Iceland and it is thus scarcely surprising that Jules Verne in his classic novel was inspired to choose the volcanic crater of Snaefellsjokull in Iceland as the entrance to the centre of the Earth. Following cryptic clues, the eccentric Professor Lidenbrock, his reluctant nephew and their phlegmatic Icelandic guide make their way on the pure-bred Icelandic horses from the capital to Snaefellsjokull. We follow their path but stop short of actually entering the crater and penetrating the earth's surface! Journeying to the centre of the earth is of course impossible but sceptics should note that another book in the Jules Verne's 'Voyages Extraordinaire' series was published in 1865 with the title 'From the Earth to the Moon'!

Wikipedia Snæfellsjökull

Journey to the Center of the Earth

The novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne has been made into various film versions.


People believing in esoteric, think the volcano to be a culminating point of special powers. The area is also believed to be a frequent landing pad for visitors from outer space.

The Role Play Game Snæfellsjökull