Street Art

Flights from Reykjavik to Germany leave early. Our ship also arrives in the port particularly early when we are sailing to Reykjavik, so that our German guests can disembark in time to catch their early-bird flights back home. However, I decided to play it safe when I booked my return flight from Reykjavik: I opted to fly out the next day after disembarkation rather than cut it too finely. Which, as an added bonus, left me with a bit of time to explore the Icelandic capital.

Reykjavik is known for its art, and some of it is kept in museums: Just opposite the pier was one of the Reykjavik art museums. I didn’t walk past them all, but some seem to reside in buildings with quite stunning architecture. However, Icelanders believe that art should be for everyone to enjoy. It does not belong in confined spaces, it should be out in the open, for everyone to marvel at. In Akureyri, for instance, one of the tours we offered guests was an ‚art walk‘ that took them along a route of sculptures, and in Reykjavik, street art is omnipresent.

So I opted against paying the fee for a museum, which probably would have been steep (everything in Iceland is costly), and instead set out walking to discover some of the art myself. I was not disappointed!