Skólavörðustígur Rainbow Street

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.