One of the tricky things about Iceland is that everything in Iceland is Iceland, even global culture’s colonial intrusions into Icelandic space…

… and even so-delicious images of vulnerability and cold set against pan-Scandinavian design…

… but these distractions have a history, and you can find them in the once-busy harbour of Vopnafjörður. There, the old pier is one of the main tourist sights in town.

It’s worth the long trip, for the clarity it brings.