More of Rainbow Street initially it was just for the Gay Pride Festival but in June 2019, the Reykjavik City Council voted unanimously to make the rainbow permanent. (Oct. 8, 2021)

Me on Skólavörðustígur, also called Rainbow Street in downtown Reykjavík, with its painted rainbow colors, initially part of the city’s annual Gay Pride festival, is now a permanent part of this pedestrian street. At the top of the street, in the distance, is one of Reykjavík’s best known buildings, the Hallgrímskirkja Church. (Oct. 8, 2021)

Street art in Reykjavik’s city center. (Oct. 8, 2021)

Street art in Reykjavik’s city center. (Oct. 8, 2021)

Street art in Reykjavik’s city center. (Oct. 8, 2021)

Mirrored art structure in Reykjavik’s city center. (Oct. 8, 2021)

Reykjavík’s Lutheran Cathedral and seat of the bishop of Iceland. (Oct. 8, 2021)

The 19th century Parliament House in central Reykjavík’s main square of Austurvöllur was built using hewn dolerite from 1880 to 1881. To the left is the Reykjavík’s Lutheran Cathedral and seat of the bishop of Iceland. (Oct. 8, 2021)

The Reykjavík Free Walking tour meeting point at the main square of Austurvöllur by the statue of national hero, Jón Sigurðsson, leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement from Denmark. (Oct. 8, 2021)

Skúli Magnússon (1711-1794) was the first Icelander to be Reykjavík’s Town Magistrate and was for half a century considered the country’s most powerful man when he founded the Innréttingar, Iceland’s first industrial enterprise leading to Reykjavík’s urban development. (Oct. 8, 2021)