Þúfa
Grass-covered artificial hillock with a working fish-drying shed and a spiral path to harbor views.
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About this audio guide
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.
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