Reykjavík Grapevine - 15.08.2014, Side 40

40 The Reykjavík GrapevineIssue 12 — 2014TRAVEL
How to get there?
Find a car. Get in. Take Route 1 out of Reykjavík towards Selfoss, make a left right before you
reach the town. The entire trip should take around an hour.
Sólheimar1
EXPLORING ICELAND,
THE FAROE ISLANDS OR GREENLAND
IT´S EASY WITH AIR ICELAND
ÞÓRSHÖFN
VOPNAFJÖRÐUR
TÓRSHAVN
ILULISSAT
ITTOQQORTOORMIIT
NUUK
KULUSUK
NARSARSUAQ
GRÍMSEY
ÍSAFJÖRÐUR
AKUREYRI
EGILSSTAÐIR
REYKJAVÍK
GREENLAND
ICELAND
FAROE ISLANDS

Words Tyler Clevenger
Photos Alísa Kalyanova
If you happen to be cruising down a valley-snaking road about an hour’s drive east of
Reykjavík, there’s a chance you’ll curl around a grassy embankment and notice, nes-
tled among rolling hills, Iceland’s lone ecovillage. The Sólheimar Ecovillage has existed
sustainably since it was founded in 1931 by trailblazing humanitarian Sesselja Hreindís
Sigmundsdóttir. Tucked between hills clustered with spruce trees and dapples of wild-
flowers, Sólheimar’s fertile locale, as well as its commitment to innovating Sesselja’s early
vision, allows it create a place that is truly unique, not only for Iceland, but the world.
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Sunny
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