The storm is over and things are slowly turning back to normal again. Children are back in school, streets are getting cleared of snow and town buses are up and running as well as the air-traffic.
The town has been decorated for the coming Christmas season and on Saturday 23rd November the big Christmas tree on the towns square, will be lit at 16.00.
The beautiful house below the church is a Memorial house of Matthías Jochumsson. He was an Icelandic clergyman, a poet and wrote playwrights. He is best known for his lyrical poetry and for writing the national anthem of Iceland, "Lofsöngur", in 1874.
Each season has it's charm. At this time of year we have less daylight but the tones of light in the beginning and end of the day are just soooo soft . The view of the fjord towards Mt. Kaldbakur
October has become the international Breast Cancer Awareness month and countless Icelandic companies and products are decorated with the pink ribbon, coloured pink or sold with a promise that a portion of the total cost be donated to the Icelandic Cancer Society.
Goðafoss is one of the most impressive and popular falls to visit in Iceland. The waterfall received it's name "the falls of the Gods" when Iceland became christian in the year 1000 when statues of the heathen gods were thrown into the falls to express the change in religion.
There are many breathtaking waterfalls to choose from in North of Iceland and Dettifoss is definitely the most impressive one, carrying the greatest volume of any waterfall in Europe and falling some 45 meters into a huge canyon.