Djúpivogur
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Approximately 900 m west of the town is a work of art named "Eggin í Gleðivík" Script error: No such module "IPA". (The Eggs of Merry Bay) by Sigurður Guðmundsson. The work is a replica of the eggs of 34 nesting birds in the area, and was installed in the summer of 2009.[1]
Djúpivogur is home to Langabúð Script error: No such module "IPA"., one of Iceland's oldest commercial buildings. The south end dates back to 1790, but the building only took on its present appearance when the northern part was constructed in 1850. Langabúð served many purposes, being a warehouse and slaughterhouse. Today, it is home to a café, the heritage museum and an exhibition on the Icelandic sculptor Ríkarður Jónsson, who was native to the village.[2]
In 2020, the municipality of Djúpavogshreppur merged with Borgarfjarðarhreppur, Fljótsdalshérað and Seyðisfjarðarkaupstaður to form the new municipality of Múlaþing.
Climate
Djúpivogur features a cold tundra climate (Köppen: ET). Approximately 5 kilometres west of Djúpivogur lies Teigarhorn Script error: No such module "IPA".,[3] a farm on the shores of Berufjörður, where weather observations began in 1874.[4] It is one of the oldest weather stations in the country and holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Iceland, Script error: No such module "convert". recorded on June 22, 1939.[5][6] It is also claimed that Teigarhorn reached Script error: No such module "convert". in September 1940, but that is not recognized by the Icelandic Meteorological Office. Temperatures above Script error: No such module "convert". are very rare in Iceland, and have occurred only 5 times since weather observations first began in Iceland in the 19th century.[7] Teigarhorn features a cold tundra climate (Köppen: ET) because it does not have any month that has a mean temperature above Script error: No such module "convert"., but the winter temperatures are mild for a cold tundra climate, and thus closely resembles a mild tundra climate or a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc), the climate generally seen in coastal Iceland. Script error: No such module "weather box".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
History
By the early nineteenth century, Djúpivogur was 'a tiny port with a Danish colonial trading base'. Hans Jonatan, who had been a slave in Copenhagen, escaped there and became one of Iceland's first people of colour.[8]
Culture
Djúpivogur is the first and only Cittaslow town in Iceland. Cittaslow's goals include improving the quality of life in towns by slowing down its overall pace, especially in a city's use of spaces and the flow of life and traffic through them. Cittaslow is part of a cultural trend known as the slow movement.
See also
References
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- ↑ Einarsson, Markús. Climate of Iceland Template:Webarchive pg 683. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
- ↑ Heat Wave Hits Iceland, New Records Set Template:Webarchive Iceland Review 31 July 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
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- ↑ Kristín Loftsdóttir and Gísli Pálsson, 'Black on White: Danish Colonialism, Iceland and the Caribbean', in Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity: Small Time Agents in a Global Arena, ed. by Magdalena Naum and Jonas M. Nordin, Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology Volume, 37 (New York: Springer, 2013), pp. 37--52 (quoting p. 47). Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers".
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