🌈 Have you seen a similar photo of Seyðisfjörður? Probably this church and/or the rainbow path? It’s popular! However, you might not know the story behind it. The light blue church is called Seyðisfjarðarkirkja, and it sits at the end of Norðurgata, the “Rainbow Walk”. The church is home to Tónleikaröð Bláu Kirkjunnar, a concert series that’s one of the major annual events in East Iceland: blaakirkjan.is I swear our guide told us that a parent painted the rainbow for their daughter who was LGBTQIA+ as a tribute, in the middle of the night. This parent was (or became?) the mayor. Upon waking up, the town liked the rainbow so much that they kept it & now repaint it every year. But when you research this path online, results suggest something simpler: in 2014, a local man, Snorri Emilsson, painted the path because he did not have the opportunity to attend PRIDE in Reykjavík, and he wanted to still be part of it from afar. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Either way, the visibility is important. But ...