The Reykjavik Companion

A church shaped like basalt columns, a bay named for its own steam, and the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign nation --- Iceland's compact capital, with room to make it yours. The Reykjavik Companion's signature chapter takes on a question most visitors never think to ask: The Pillars That Chose Where Reykjavik Would Stand. According to Iceland's own settlement saga, this city's location wasn't chosen --- it was thrown overboard and left to the sea to decide.