Colors in Reykjavik
By Jon Atli
15 July 2008
Reykjavik, Iceland is not a colorful city. This is especially true about the newer neighborhoods where shades of white and gray dominate. However, the older parts of town are different.
The city is young compared to other European capitals, but it has grown fast from the village it was 150 years ago. The typical older houses are built around 80 - 100 years ago out of imported wood (no large trees in Iceland) and their sides are covered with corrugated iron for protection. The iron needs to be painted if it is to last, and while some homeowners use bland colors, others give their homes character with more vivid colors. In between the older, corrugated iron houses are newer concrete houses, some of which are also painted in similarly vivid colors. One may have to look for these colors in the smaller streets and back alleys which is best done on foot, but if the light is right, vivid colors may appear here and there.
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