We were welcomed in one of the oldest building of Reykjavik, inhabited by Visit Reykjavik, which manages Reykjavik's public relations. It was founded in 2002, for the marketing of Reykjavik, offering tourist information and organising big city events. Sif Gunnarsdottir is the director of Visit Reykjavik.
Icelandic people must learn and experience why their energy is different
There is no consensus about what to display of Reykjavik (museum, music, energy), to change that is one of the main goals of Visit Reykjavik. The slogan "Reykjavik pure energy" was created and surveys of visitors at Keflavik airport about the city were made.The movie of Iceland for the Shanghai World Fair is all about (pure) energy, but the consciousness about abundance and dependency and how to use energy is just growing. Iceland's energy companies do not subsidise green houses like industrial companies. Nevertheless, Reykjavik wants to be the green city of Europe by 2012.
Denmark is like a big brother or parent of Iceland
150 years ago there was only a spring and an autumn boat to get on and off the island, nothing more. The counry and its society have changed and developed a lot during the last 100 years, also Reykjavik is a very young city. Public swimming pools are the social places by definition, it is where people meet in Iceland.
Link: Visit Reykjavik
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