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The Sun Voyager

Sólfarið (or, The Sun Voyager) is one of the most iconographic sculptures in Reykjavík. Part Viking vessel, part imaginary metal ship, the shinning sculpture sites prominently on the Reykjavik waterfront. Read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_Voyager

The dedication plaque reads:

SUN VOYAGER

1986

Jón Gunnar Ánnason

 

We all have our fantasy boats,

vessels that we dream of sailing

away in, into the dream. In my

ships I unite my own fantasy,

precision and the knowledge that 

boat builders have developed

throughout the ages. The sun 

ship gives us promise of a
primeval land.

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