Pictures: A Reykjavik summer day
It's great to hitch a ride after a tiresome day of playing. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ófeigur Lýðsson
An Icelandic summerday can drag anyone out of their house, as has been visible in Reykjavik over the last few days. People have been cleaning up their gardens, playing around, hiking and baby bird are starting to fly from their nests.
Photographers from mbl.is [Iceland Monitor's syster publication in Icelandic] have been out and about photographing the yet best days of the of summer in the capital.
Kids from Draumaland after-school care. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ómar Óskarsson
Boats by Reykjavik harbour. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ómar Óskarsson
A small redwing looking for food in Hljómskálagarðurinn park. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Hanna Andrésdóttir
Rubber boots are essential in Icelandic summer. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Eggert Jóhannesson
Many have used to good weather for exercising outdoors. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ómar Óskarsson
Slow but steady, it marches on. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ómar Óskarsson
Enjoying the sun over a drink in a café by Austurvöllur is particularly popular on a warm summer day in Reykjavik. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ómar Óskarsson
Götuleikhúsið performed in Reykjavik centre, the act inspired by a poem by Sigurður Pálsson. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ómar Óskarsson
There's much traffic in and out of the city these days as people travel around on their summer holidays. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ófeigur Lýðsson
Adolf Smári grilled sausages for passerbys at Austurvöllur. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ómar Óskarsson
A break from mowing the lawn. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ófeigur Lýðsson
This is the second and third generation of swans that reside at Bakkatjörn Lake over the summer. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ómar Óskarsson
Icelanders have a complicated relationship with lupin flowers. They are beautiful, but very aggressive on other vegetation. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ómar Óskarsson
Siberian Huskies on a hike. The puppies are called Krummi, Rjúpa, Þoka and Ylfa. Their mother's name is Kría. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Hanna Andrésdóttir
Ducklings on Tjörninn in Reykjavik centre. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Ómar Óskarsson
Children playing in the lovely summer weather. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Kristinn Magnússon
