Tourist attraction
Skólavörðustígur Rainbow Street
Rainbow-painted pedestrian street climbing toward a landmark church, now a permanent Pride symbol.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Skolavordustigur, Reykjavik's rainbow street, opens on the crosswalk the city council once voted to paint over. It traces the stripes back to a temporary flourish painted for the 2015 Reykjavik Pride parade, the years locals kept repainting it every August, and the mayor who once picked up a roller himself. In 2021, planners redesigning the street quietly left the rainbow off their drawings, and word of it spread fast.
This audio guide was created using AI.