Þúfa

This guide to Þúfa in Reykjavik follows artist Ólöf Nordal, who piled earth and grass into a mound at the Grandi harbor, borrowing the Icelandic folklore that a þúfa, or tussock, is where hidden people live. It traces how the fishing company HB Grandi came to fund a monument built to folklore that also works as a functioning fish-drying shed, hung with wind-cured stockfish. Walk the spiral path slowly - the harbor noise falls away well before you reach the top.