Iceland Althingi through time

Reykjavik 1930–2017 3 photos of this spot

3 photographs taken at the same spot in Reykjavik, spanning 1930–2017 — 1 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The Salvation Army House in Reykjavik, Iceland, photographed in 1930. The Salvation Army established a presence in Iceland in the early twentieth century, running charitable and religious activities from buildings like this one.

Salvation Army House in Reykjavik, Iceland 1930 The Salvation Army House in Reykjavik, Iceland, photographed in 1930. The Salvation Army established a presence in Iceland in the early twentieth century, running charitable and religious activities from buildings like this one.

Iceland Althingi 2016 Iceland's Althingi, the national parliament, is shown here in August 2016 in Reykjavik. First convened at Thingvellir in 930 AD, it is considered one of the oldest surviving parliamentary institutions in the world; the current parliament building dates to 1881.

Reykjavík - Kirkjustræti 2017 A timber house at Kirkjustraeti in central Reykjavik, Iceland, photographed in 2017. The street sits near Austurvollur square in the city's old quarter, where surviving nineteenth- and early twentieth-century wooden and corrugated-iron-clad buildings now house shops and offices.