Reykjavik: the capital stranger of Iceland

Reykjavik, the capital more to the north of the world, center of coordination and headquarters of the government of Iceland. Full of color, with its low rows of houses painted of alive crowned by brilliant ceilings, Reykjavik is different to any another European capital. It established at the end of the 19o C Reykjavik has all the comforts of a modern city, but its design resembles a small city. Almost all it of interest in this city of
150,000 it is found to little distance of the center.

It situated in the southwestern corner of the bay Faxaflói and dominated by the mount Esja, Reykjavik “The smoldering one of the Bay of Iceland” by the first colonist was called, Ingólfur Arnarson due to the thermal water vapor increase. Reykjavik that today is known like the ‘city without smoke” due to continuous winds and the city, dependence of the geothermal heat. Eltenue hydrogen sulfur smell that is sifted on the city is a natural byproduct of this central heating.




Reykjavik has a very humid climate with rains and winds that blow since the sea. The Gulf Stream impedes that become cold as in its north latitude would be able to dictate. Reykjavik is plagued of birches, willows and pines, contrasting with the landscape almost without trees dominant.the long winters have only four hours of diurnal light in December. The hard winters have generated a rich artistic and cultural life and the city has a wealth of galleries, theaters, incredible museums, besides ballet and opera. The summer brings the sun of midnight, when the streets of Reykjavik to assume an atmosphere of carnival