Reykjavik does not have a lot of "parade" days. USA has Columbus Day and July 4th parades in most parts of America. And New York in addition to these two, we have the Gay Pride parade, the Irish (Saint Patrick's) Day parade, the Dominican Pride parade, the Puerto Rican Pride parade, a German Pride parade and any ticker tape parade that rears up.
Reykjavik then does the Gay Pride Parade over the top. IN doing so almost 2/3s of their city (so a little over half the country) turns out to dance, celebrate, march and/or watch. And the decorations go all out in the city. Multiple streets painted rainbow colors. A pride store downtown. It is a thang.
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| Leif Erickson and the Cathedral |
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| Pull back and you see the Pride Flag flying in front of the Lutheran Cathedral |
This picture above was actually taken from our hotel room.
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| Ed standing on one of the many painted streets. In front of the auditorium where the parade opened, the night before we left. |
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| Another painted street. The parade was Saturday (we left Wednesday). |
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