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Nov 30: Snow in Reykjavik

November 30, 2020

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Snow has arrived in Reykjavik.

Image copyright: Ben Hennig

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License Plates

While travelling around Iceland, you will notice there are a range of different designs of car license plates. They are white and made of aluminium. License plates in Iceland are manufactured by inmates at the Island's prisons (if you are staying at Eyrarbakki you will see one of them on the way to your accommodation). I passed it a few days ago on my latest visit to the country. This is a vanity plate (personalised plate) I saw some years ago on an SUV in Reykjavik. Older vehicles may have different formats e.g. commercial vehicles, and some older cars may also have a plate under the other system where the first letter identified where the car was registered. Image: Personalised plate, taken in 2011 - Alan Parkinson - shared under CC license

Neighbourhood Map

Thanks to Alda Sigmundsdottir for the tip off to this map site. It classifies neighbourhoods of a number of cities around the world into groups. Here's the map of Reykjavik.

Path E

Thanks to Paul Berry - a fellow Rayburn Tours Guide - for the link to a useful film for those interested in the new eruption. This is the trail head at Natthagi (for path E) leading to the new eruption at Little Ram. Here is a nice (short and snappy) film of the route: https://t.co/u8IutlzKVG pic.twitter.com/EvgNUQ5slp — Paul Berry (@unicorn4275) July 28, 2023

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Nov 30: Snow in Reykjavik

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