Gullfoss, Iceland

The Gullfoss Gorge was forced by flash flood waters that forced their way through cracks in the basalt lava layers. The average water flow in Gullfoss is 109 cubic metres per second. Gullfoss consists of two waterfalls. The height of the upper waterfall is 11 metres and the lower one is 20 metres. The Gullfoss Gorge is approximately 2.5km in length and up to 70 metres in depth.

Geysir, Iceland

Geysir's hot springs bubble out over a grassy slope at the foot of Bjarnfell. the area has been active for thousands of years, but the spring's positions have periodically shifted as geological seams crack open and close. Strokkur fires off a thirty metre high spout every few minutes. A split second before Strokkur explodes it forms a district dome through which the rising waters tear.

Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland

Eyjafjallajökull (E15) is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland, situated to the north of Skógar and to the west of Mýrdalsjökull. The ice cap covers the caldera of a volcano with a summit elevation of 1,666 metres. The volcano has erupted relatively frequently since the last glacial period, most recently in 2010 and put international Air Traffic at a standstill for days.

Reykjavik by night

Harpa - Reykjavik's new concert hall and conference centre.

Designed by Henning Larsen Architects of Copenhagen and artist Olafur Eliasson, it’s made of more than 10,000 glass windows that reference the columnar basalt common in Iceland’s terrain. The south facade is a double wall of glass pieces that catches the sunlight and acts like a prism, creating colorful blocks of light on Harpa’s floor and walls. The interior is intentionally spare, suggesting to visitors that they look out at the surrounding sea, mountains, and city—an especially pleasant activity from the multi tiered bar descending along the south facade.

 

The Sun Voyager is a stainless steel Viking Ship sculpture Jón Gunnar Árnason (1931 - 1989). The Sun Voyager is located on the waterfront north of Reykjavík's city centre.

Street Art - Reykjavik

Reykjavik by day

The Sun Voyager - Reykjavik. a sleek contemporary portrayal of a viking ship, made of stainless steel by Jón Gunnar Arnason.

Harpa - Reykjavik's new concert hall. Designed by Henning Larsen Architects of Copenhagen and artist Olafur Eliasson, it’s made of more than 10,000 glass windows that reference the columnar basalt common in Iceland’s terrain. The south façade is a double wall of glass pieces that catches the sunlight and acts like a prism, creating colorful blocks of light on Harpa’s floor and walls. The interior is intentionally spare, suggesting to visitors that they look out at the surrounding sea, mountains, and city—an especially pleasant activity from the multitiered bar descending along the south façade.

3d map of Iceland in the basement of the City Hall, Reykjavik.

City Hall.

Perlan (The Pearl) is a landmark building in Reykjavík. It was originally designed by Ingimundur Sveinsson. Perlan is situated on the hill Öskjuhlíð where there had been hot water storage tanks for decades. In 1991 the tanks were updated and a hemispherical structure placed on top. Perlan has 10,000 cubic meters of exhibition space on the ground floor, known as the Winter Garden. There is a viewing deck on the fourth floor. On the top glass domed part of Perlan there is a revolving restaurant and cocktail bar. The revolving floor does a complete turn in two hours. It offers a good view of Reykjavik and the nearby areas.

The Hallgrímskirkja is a Lutheran parish church in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 74.5 metres, it is the largest church in Iceland and the sixth tallest architectural structure in Iceland. The church is named after the Icelandic poet and clergyman Hallgrímur Pétursson. State Architect Guðjón Samúelsson's design of the church was commissioned in 1937. He is said to have designed it to resemble the basalt lava flows of Iceland's landscape. It took 38 years to build the church. Construction work began in 1945 and ended in 1986.

The Blue Lagoon - Reykjavik

The Blue Lagoon, Reykjavik is Iceland's most trumpeted geothermal spa, a surreal splash of colour and warmth amidst a landscape of black lava. The Blue Lagoon is actually artificial, dug into the middle of a flat expanse of black lava and filled by the outflow from the nearby Svartsengi Thermal Power Station.

The America's Cup World Series comes to Plymouth

Fast and furious, daring and spectacular! 

The America's Cup World Series event is the best sailors on the fastest boats racing on the edge around Plymouth Sound. Nine teams battled it out on their high tech, AC45 catamarans pushing themselves and their boats to the limit.

America's Cup World Series