Past summer, summer 2021, we had the unique opportunity to be able to practice our professional training in Iceland. Five weeks full of exploring the landscape, meeting new people, getting in touch with the local food, art and culture.
Hanfnarhús, the main location of the Reykjavík Art Museum, our workplace. A big grey building located next to the harbor perfectly furnished for the current exhibition “Erró” with an focus on the microenvironment with an aim of displaying the growth of the icelandic art scene. Viewing the exhibitions, helping out at the reception and keeping the shop clean and tidy accompanied our working day same as in Kjarvalsstadir. The second, most busiest museum because of the bistro placed inside the modern building. More light, more life and more noises. The museum was well visited by families, students but also elderly people. Vivid –  but we enjoyed it. The contrast with, short “Kjarval”, was made by the third and last site, Ásmundarsafn, the smallest, most silent but beautiful gallery. What made the little exhibition room look so special was its colorful reflecting light made by a local artist.
Going to a country for the first time is always exciting but going out of the airport, the brightness even at midnight, the clear air, one of your best friends by your side and both knowing the upcoming experience will be one of the best of your life – is definitely a different feeling.
Our apartment was a fluke, directly located next to the harbor and the museum. The colleagues were young, talkative and so friendly. Through their help we planned our trips and leisure activities. We toured till the south coast of Iceland. On our journey we saw most of the famous waterfalls called “-foss” in icelandic f.e. Skógafoss and Seljalandsfoss, but not just them. The black sand beach and the glacier also made us speechless.