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Read more: Watch: What did the “bleak outpost” of Reykjavík look like in WWII? But as the map above shows, Reykjavík was still a very small town in 1920! To help you navigate the map, the aerial photo below, allows you to identify some of the landmarks and buildings, several of which stand today.
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Read more: 1920 map shows how Reykjavík has grown from a small town to a small city. These photos from early 20th century Reykjavík were taken by Egill Jacobsen, a Danish merchant who settled in Iceland. The small selection of his photos give us a fascinating glimpse of what Reykjavík looked like nearly 100 years ago.
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Aug 10, 2018 · 3) During the 1920s and 1930s, Reykjavik became the center of Iceland's fishing industry, especially that of salt-cod. During World War II, the allies occupied the city, despite the German occupation of Denmark in April 1940. Throughout the war, both American and British soldiers built bases in Reykjavik.
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Foundations:From settlement to city. Reykjavik´s journey begins with the arrival of Ingólfur Arnarson, the first permanent Norse settler, in the year 874. According to the Landnámabók (Book of Settlements), Ingólfur was guided by the gods to the site that would later become Reykjavik by following the smoke emitted from steam vents.
The old harbour is the heart of Reykjavík and the catalyst to its formation. The city grew up around the harbour and in the early 20th century it became one of the centres of the Icelandic trawling industry. The harbour area has been transformed in the past decades.
A little bit of travel history today: check out this 1926 film of Reykjavik, the capitol of Iceland. The population has grown by about 100,000 since then and tourists no longer have to ride in the back of a horse-drawn wagon, but you can still tour the area on the backs of Icelandic “ponies.”
According to legend, Iceland's first settler, Ingólfur Arnarson, threw his high seat pillars into the sea upon first arriving at the island's shores in 870 AD and promised the gods to settle where they eventually drifted ashore. It took Ingólfur and his men four years to locate the pillars and the following summer, they built their farmstead ...
