Sólheimajökull Crevasse and Crampon
Another sound from the Sólheimajökull glacier is the crevasse recording. One and only drop was dripping there. When I was recording it, a guide walked over me. At first I thought I would have to record the sound again, but in the end I decided … what is more glacial than this?
Brúarárfoss – Spring
I was recording the Brúarárfoss waterfall for quite a long time in the temperature reaching -12°C, and it felt probably even lower over the water, so when I put the recorder in my backpack, I felt like a climber fastening crampons under the eight-thousanders – my hands were so frozen that I had to help […]
Reykjavik – Laugavegur
I have thought for a long time that the map of Iceland – dominated by the sounds of nature – is missing one important one. Reykjavik. This is a sound from Laugavegur Street, the main pedestrian street of the Icelandic capital. Usually bustling with many languages. Not much has happened today, because the city has […]
Bláa Lónið – Blue Lagoon
Today I am taking you to the most popular place in Iceland – the Blue Lagoon. To explain, it’s a geothermal pool that owes its milky-blue color to the richness of minerals. There is a geothermal power plant nearby, which was to supply heat to nearby Grindavik. After its construction, it turned out that the […]
Icelandic horses
This will be my favorite sound from map. Because of the way it sounds and the recording process itself, combined with petting these sweethearts. Icelandic horses are one of the most characteristic landmarks of the local scenery, whether in winter or summer. But in winter they are fluffy – in their winter fur – and […]
Reykjanesviti
I have a special fondness for this place. I fell in love there and felt that Iceland was my place. I have approached sound recordings from Reykjanesviti many times and each time it was very difficult – it just always blows there and it blows so much that it is difficult to stand still. While […]
Skarfabakki Harbour
Today I am taking you to the ocean shore in Reykjavik. It is the port of Skarfabakki, from which ships mainly sail to the nearby island of Viðey. There was the massive Dettifoss cargo ship, looking like three apartment blocks. Beside me, one man was fishing and the other was just staring at the ocean […]
Earthquake
It is calming down with the volcano for now. “It will explode for sure, but we don’t know when.” Earthquakes are still going on and I would like to mention them, or rather to record them. Because when we hear about earthquakes, we see scenes from the movies: the house is teleported, the earth is […]
Kleifarvatn
Yesterday in the morning I studied the GPS sensor records in Krýsuvík and it turned out that this region moved about 10 centimeters to the southeast after the recent earthquakes. At a crazy pace – only in a week (the usual pace of tectonic plates sliding under Reykjanes is about 2 centimeters per year). This […]
Býflugnalestur – The Icelandic Language
Someone once told me that the Icelandic language is missing on my map of Icelandic sounds. I agreed with that, but I didn’t know how to deal with it in the context of noise. And today I had the pleasure to record the sound in Holabrekkuskóla, where – among other things – the býflugnalestur method, […]
