Pictures of Reykjavik, Iceland suburbs! BEWARE 56K (this is a really cool thread!)

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LaJollaCA

Discussion Starter · May 21, 2005

People only see the old fashioned parts of Reykjavik, which is the central core. But people don't know about the lovely suburbs the city has. I love the architecture - I wish more American cities had architecture like this, as well as Denmark.

Enjoy and comment!!

This one is huge, beware!

Yes, they do have a beach

Morgonbladid newspaper office

Downtown at night, i thought this was a cool pic

The city of Reykjavik, Below....and there is so much I left out, but hopefully u got an idea! ICeland is not frozen tundra!

There is more coming.....

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De Snor

· #2 · May 21, 2005

one of the cleanest cities in the world !

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goschio

· #3 · May 21, 2005

Wow, didn't expect beach live in iceland.

Great photos!

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LaJollaCA

Discussion Starter · #4 · May 21, 2005

Yeah, Iceland actually has many many beaches but many are black beaches due to the Volcanic sand and what not. In the capital Reykjavik, that is actually the only beach I beleive

But it's very packed in the summer time. And the summers can be quite lovely.

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rufi

· #5 · May 21, 2005

Lovely

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Jo

· #6 · May 21, 2005

Oh yeah, this is good. I've never seen so many urban Icelandic photos before.

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philadweller

· #7 · May 21, 2005

fabu!

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raymond_tung88

· #8 · May 21, 2005

Nice pics. I've never seen pictures of Iceland before so this is quite an eye opener.

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Victoria

· #9 · May 22, 2005

Great photos, thanks for sharing.

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tkr

· #10 · May 22, 2005

yeah, all those cute adjectives can be given to this city

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nova

· #11 · May 22, 2005

Brilliant! I always wanted to see Iceland, ever since I read Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

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LaJollaCA

Discussion Starter · #12 · May 22, 2005

im actually spending my summer there with my bf so im pretty excited!

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mic

· #13 · May 22, 2005

What are the temperatures in the summertime??

How hot would it have to be before people venture to the beach?

And finally, what temperature would it reach when people start to wear shorts and t-shirts??

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LaJollaCA

Discussion Starter · #14 · May 22, 2005

^^^

It depends where in Iceland you are. Strangely, in the North East, where I am going to be (mind you Iceland is almost twice the size of Ireland) it can be very warm and sunny. It is very nice weather there, temperatures often in the 20's (celcius) in the summer time.

In Reykjavik, it's a bit different. I took these averages from Weather.com:

Month: High / Low

January 2 / -3
February 3 / -2
March 3/ -1
April 5/ 1
May 8/ 4
June 11/ 7
July 15/ 8
August 13/ 8
September 9/ 5
October 7/ 2
November 3/ -1
December 2/ -2

New York City has colder winters than Iceland. It's so stupid how people think Iceland is a frozen tundra in perma-frost.

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LaJollaCA

Discussion Starter · #15 · May 22, 2005

mic said:
What are the temperatures in the summertime??

How hot would it have to be before people venture to the beach?

And finally, what temperature would it reach when people start to wear shorts and t-shirts??

PS they can often have heat waves in the summer from Europe, thats when people go to the beach and all. But Icelanders think anything 10C above is summer like weather, and people walk around in shorts and T's at those temperatures. very odd.

the cold isnt cold in iceland because its a dry cold, not a humid cold. thus it doesnt feel bad. the only bad thing is the wind, the wind is ferocious.

i was in iceland in february and i live in denmark. it felt colder in denmark than it did in iceland.

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wc eend

· #16 · May 22, 2005

Yea, but on the beach with max 15 also isnt too pleasant

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LaJollaCA

Discussion Starter · #17 · May 22, 2005

wc eend said:
Yea, but on the beach with max 15 also isnt too pleasant

if u were listening often they have major heat waves in the summer, where it can be 27C and more.

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Anymodal

· #18 · May 22, 2005

well, if a country is named Iceland, you kinda expect it to be a cold frozen tundra.

cool pics btw, beautyfull scenery.

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azzurri.chris

· #19 · May 22, 2005

Interesting. The Suburbs look kind of bland. Typical northern European.

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dababest

· #20 · May 22, 2005

Great pics!!!! Im thinking to go to Iceland this summer... mmmm...

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