An whole street in the heart of Reykjavik has been painted in rainbow colors for the capital’s annual Pride festival.
Hundreds of people on Tuesday (4 August) gathered in the city center
and even Mayor Dagur Eggertsson dipped a roller in yellow paint and
helped out.Eggertsson described the rainbow as ‘more powerful, stronger and more beautiful than I had dreamed.’
‘This is one way to make our city livelier, more human and simply a better place by great collaboration and beautiful thinking,’ he wrote on his Facebook page.
Iceland is one of the most progressive countries for LGBT rights and voted in the world’s first openly gay head of state.
Reykjavik Pride week is one of the Nordic country’s biggest events. Last year’s edition attracted more than 100,000 visitors – about a third of the country’s population.
‘It was lovely. A large number of children lent us a hand and some even brought their own paint brushes,’ the parade’s director Eva Maria Thorarinsdottir Lange told the Visir news site.
The rainbow will be kept until the end of the summer.
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