To day is winter solstice. The longest night of the year and the shortest day - in Grímsey which is Iceland's northernmost part - it is only about 2 hours daylight.
The storm is over and things are slowly turning back to normal again. Children are back in school, streets are getting cleared of snow and town buses are up and running as well as the air-traffic.
The town has been decorated for the coming Christmas season and on Saturday 23rd November the big Christmas tree on the towns square, will be lit at 16.00.
The beautiful house below the church is a Memorial house of Matthías Jochumsson. He was an Icelandic clergyman, a poet and wrote playwrights. He is best known for his lyrical poetry and for writing the national anthem of Iceland, "Lofsöngur", in 1874.
Each season has it's charm. At this time of year we have less daylight but the tones of light in the beginning and end of the day are just soooo soft . The view of the fjord towards Mt. Kaldbakur