Akureyi in the Rain

• We spent an hour or so in Akureyi on Friday. It was raining so we sheltered for a time inside the Cultural Centre (large building at top of first photo). The building's design represents iceland's natural features. Externally, the building is clad with rods and bars of a special variety of Icelandic granite called Studlaberg. The building's interior represents a ravine between rock walls. Openings in the rock walls provide access to the cultural functions: a concert hall with room for 600 spectators, a multi-purpose hall, and a sculpture courtyard.
• We then visited the Church. This is a Lutheran church and was designed by architect Gudjon Samuelsson and consecrated in 1940. It was thought the the central stained glass window above the altar formed a part of a set which was destroyed in an air raid on Coventry Cathedral in England but this is now disputed. There is a large 3200-pipe organ, a unique interpretation of the crucifixion.