Reykjavík’s Mayor presents Human Rights Road
In celebration of Amnesty International’s 50 year birthday, Reykjavík’s very odd mayor, Jón Gnarr, renames Laugavegur, Reykjavík’s main shopping street Mannréttindavegur (Human Rights Road), (is it ok to use so many commas in a, uhm, sentence?). The name change is only for a few days, since it is, well our best known street and the name has historical references. Laugavegur actually means, Bath Road or Washing Road, as it leads from downtown to the old geothermal washing streams of Laugardalur.
