Reykjavík is my home. It’s where I live, work and play. For this final week I wanted to concentrate on the people around me who inspire those pieces. Because...
The lure of the lighthouse brings Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, the co-lead vocalist in Of Monsters and Men, together with Ólafur on the sixth collaboration for Island Songs. Nanna is...
Mosfellsdalur is part of Ólafur’s hometown where he grew up. It’s a broad, green and fertile ground with a large farming community and only 30 minutes away from Reykjavík. Sitting...
Barely 100km south of the arctic circle, the city of Akureyri nestles into Eyjafjörður. Snow capped mountains shelter the city from the harsh winds, where forest and botanical gardens...
A small, wooden, stave church, known as the ‘Church of Sailors’, sits in an empty and solitude landscape, with views of the ocean from a lonely beach. Hilmar and...
The shores of Önundarfjörður are surrounded by picturesque valleys and mountains. In winter this can be a harsh and treacherous landscape. In October 1995 a devastating avalanche struck Flateyri,...
Coloured fishing vessels are often moored in the tiny harbour of Hvammstangi, a town that sits in the eastern shore of the Miðfjörður. The name is derived from ‘hvammur’,...