Hearts of Akureyri
In Akureyri, stopping at a red light is much more pleasant than elsewhere.
The red lights are heart-shaped!
The hearts in the traffic lights have caught the attention of visitors to Akureyri and the hearts of the locals.
The hearts lit up all over town just months before the financial crash in Iceland in 2008, and in the aftermath of the crash, these hearts became symbolic, as there was a need for some positive thinking and to emphasise what really matters.
Since then, the red hearts in the traffic lights are visible as well as plenty of red hearts made of the flower “forget me not” decorating windows, cars and signs throughout the town.
A perfect place for a selfie with the red traffic light always glowing, is down by the harbor in the city center close to Hof Cultural house.
Use the hashtag #heartsofakureyri
