The church on the north side of the city of Reykjavík
- Seltjarnarneskirkja - and the sculpture that overlooks it - Trúarbrögðin
The Trúarbrögðin monument created by the Icelandic
artist Ásmundur Sveins
A title with tongue firmly in cheek...
Reykjavík is gently built up, however, this page does not even go there.
Instead it offers sights from around the country where human habitation meets
this wonderfully uninhabited land. Over 90% of Icelanders live in areas
designated as urban, however, that designation means that any community of over
50 people is counted as urban - not really most people's idea of a seething
metropolis. The pride of the Icelanders in their countryside is such that these
tiny communities are highly valued in theory if in practice avoided! In
acknowledgement of such pride this page features the juxtaposition of the human
with the rural, rather than the purely urban.
Downtown Reykjavík. The view from the cafe in the City Hall.
The Tjörnin (Icelandic for Lake) beside the City
Hall in Reykjavík, with an Eider duck's family
Seltjarnarneskirkja, again, with the emphasis on the urban hard
standing areas rather than the grass
And not just Eiders - a range of ducks and swans at this city centre
Moving away from the capital into the countryside...
...for Iceland's version of urbanity
Typically the church is a dominant feature of most Icelandic settlements
The Sun Voyager sculpture in
Reykjavík
The church shown above - close up
Jón Gunnar Árnason´s sculpture entitled Sólfar - Sun Voyager
A pier showing signs of industry in the northern fjords
Housing somehow unintegrated into its
environment
Most of these communities are inextricably bound into working
with the sea
Houses keep their distance in such communities as they do in the Highlands of
Scotland
And
even in this rocky terrain digging out underground storage can be worthwhile
Decaying fishing boat now left to the elements
And a
very similar boat, at a similar angle, but in use
At Keflavik Airport Magnús Tómasson's
sculpture Þotuhreiður (Jet Nest) greets the visitor Trailers...
The next page
has rural scenery from the city - the Parks of Đà Lạt.
The next page
of the Mosaic Section is
headed 'Dew'.
Or go to the contents of the Mosaic Section.
The
last page was about Breiðavik in north-west Iceland 
To rural Vietnam - not dissimilar in its urbanity to urban Iceland 
A rather different urban world - Singapore 