One of the interesting aspects of Reykjavik is the plethora of public art in the city, both official and unofficial.

I'll deal with the former in a future post, but I thought I'd show some of the latter images we saw during our trip. All were from the "101" district in the core. The second image was constructed with what looked like sequins to produce the "mountain top". In a light breeze, the top shimmered, a very nice effect (there was a second piece about a block away from that one, which I presume was done by the same artist).

The top of the mountain is constructed of a series of sequins. I was looking at some Flipboard sites tonight and found an article on the artist -- see "Shimmering Sequins Street Art". 

Seen on the Streets

While out and about, we saw the following shops that we thought were suitable for photos:

"Bad Taste" was a small CD shop (about the size of a small one bedroom apartment, with an impressive selection of local and international acts. We spent a little time in the store on our final day in Reykjavik, getting the shopkeepers advice on who was doing interesting things in Iceland. Ended up with a couple of CDs by "Sin Fang" ("Summer Echoes") and "Rökkurró" ("i annan heim").

Of the two, I prefer the former. It's very reminiscent of some of Bill Nelson's early solo work, especially the first track "Easier". The Rökkurró CD is pretty, but a little too ethereal.

Continuing in a somewhat musical vein, we ended up in another church (Frikirkjan) later in the week. It was quite a bit simpler and smaller than the Hallgrimskirkja, but did have a fairly impressive pipe organ for the size and was also the venue where Sigur Ros burst onto the scene at the 2000 Airwaves festival. Met an incredibly friendly woman there who told us all about the church and much more besides.