EU: Travel photos Iceland. Reykjavik. Town view with Faxaflói bay (1939)
1939 Reykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavik's townscape overlooking Faxaflói bay, photographed in 1939. Iceland's capital was still a relatively small port town at the time, prior to the rapid growth it experienced during and after the Second World War.
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