“Fögur er hlíðin” as Gunnar á Hlíðarenda said.
(Also a shot taken at the cemetary at Oddi, as a bonus.)
It’s always a bit strange to go to some of the most notable and visually arresting locations in Iceland—places where history has suffused into every stone—and not seeing a single tourist. Or, y’know, a person.
Reminds me a bit of what travelling around Iceland was like when I was younger.
To be fair, since very few tourists know the Sagas or Sæmundur fróði, they probably can’t be expected to be interested in these places.
Sssh! Don't tell us or we will invade you!
Are you still legally entitled to kill people from Bilbao?
Well, we had front page news about that, but they didn't explain a lot; you have covered it better in a paragraph than them in entire articles. Thank you!
So the blame goes to the Danish. Good to know 😈 😄
@jgg Well, that directive was made by the local magistrate in the Vestfirðir region in 1615 so it was limited to that region. The magistrates were the representatives of the Danish king in Iceland and were, for all intents and purposes, regional monarchs and carried out the king's harsh decrees with an often brutal glee
The directive lost its legal power when Denmark turned into a constitutional monarchy in 1849
It was only formally repealed by the local magistrate in 2015, though 🙂