{"id":86020,"date":"2022-06-05T08:27:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T08:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/phototours\/?p=86020"},"modified":"2023-01-01T12:24:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T12:24:09","slug":"reykjavik-snow-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/archive-phototours\/reykjavik-snow-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Reykjavik Snow Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It seems crazy to be writing an article about a snow storm in Iceland, but this was 50cm of snow that fell over night. It was declared the biggest snow fall to hit the capital in 17 years… and I was there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staying at a friends house, I awoke to find my car like this. I snapped this photo with my smart phone <\/a> before digging my way out. My 4×4 rental car coped easily with the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Snowstorm
Where did I park the car?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In central Reykjavik, the snow caused little havoc but created a new look look to the narrow streets. Footpaths had to be improvised and became slippery by the afternoon. Parking was interesting as cars hung out into the road<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Snowy
Where is the footpath?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All generations of Icelanders were busy clearing the snow with shovels with the occasional break for a hot drink. Life goes on in Iceland even with knee deep snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Clearing
Generations of Icelanders clearing up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Such a massive storm was followed by a day of blue sky. The tower of Hallgrim’s church was made a little heavier, but a lot more beautiful to photograph. Framed with snow clad trees in the center of Reykjavik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Hallgrim's
Snow in high places<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So there you go, massive snow fall, but no harm done except for the need for extra work and a few inconveniences. It is unusual for Reykjavik to be hit by huge snow fall like this due to its proximity to the Gulf Stream and the warm ocean air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It seems crazy to be writing an article about a snow storm in Iceland, but this was 50cm of snow that fell over night. It was declared the biggest snow fall to hit the capital in 17 years… and I was there. Staying at a friends house, I awoke to find my car like this. I snapped this photo with my smart phone before digging my way out. My 4×4 rental car coped easily with the snow. Where did I park the car? In central Reykjavik, the snow caused little havoc but created a new look look to the narrow…<\/p>\n","category_list":"Articles<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"Tony Prower","url":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/archive-phototours\/author\/walstib\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/archive-phototours\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/archive-phototours\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/archive-phototours\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/archive-phototours\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/archive-phototours\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/archive-phototours\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/archive-phototours\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/archive-phototours\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/archive-phototours\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/archive-phototours\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86020"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/archive-phototours\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=86020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}