#thingeyri

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Alex Fradkin’s cover story for Azure Magazine about Icelandic architect, Palmar Kristmundsson, and his hope’s that his new getaway in his remote hometown will help rebuild a struggling community. 

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Thingeyri is a settlement in the municipality of Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland. It is located on the coast of the fjord Dýrafjörður in the mountainous peninsula Westfjords. It has a population of approximately 260 #vestfirðir #þingeyri #thingeyri #wheniniceland #exploreiceland #westfjords #visiticeland #iceland #ísland (at Þingeyri, Vestur-Isafjardarsysla, Iceland) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrhdYG5gBaO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=odvjpuwd506r

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Thingeyri, Iceland by Joe deSousa Via Flickr: A little fishing village on the shore of the Dýrafjörður fjord.

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Sigga is a physicist born and raised in Reykjavik. “I had been rock climbing for many years, but I only started ice climbing in December 2012 and I loved it right away. I was hooked. Because of the climate and geology of Iceland, rock climbing can be rather challenging, but ice climbing makes much more sense - here in the Westfjords we can ice climb at least half of the year”.

Full story: Bestfjords.is

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Þórður Sigurðsson was sitting in his forklift truck in Thingeyri.

"Last summer a Canadian tourist stopped me on the street and asked if he could take a picture. He said I looked exactly like Ernest Hemingway!

- Can I offer you some raisins?"

Via: Bestfjords

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Dyrafjordur, Westfjords, Iceland