Austurstræti (, 'East Street') is a street in central Reykjavík, Iceland, that runs from Veltusund east to Lækjargata. In its continuation is Bankastræti and

Laugavegur Laugavegur () is a hiking trail in South Iceland. It is the most popular trail in Iceland, with around eight thousand people hiking it every summer. In 2012, National Geographic listed it as one of the twenty best trails in the world. Laugaveg ...

. On 18 April 2007, a fire broke out in Austurstræti that destroyed two historic houses, but caused no injuries.

Names

Austurstræti was first called or (). The street was so named because its south side was paved with stone so people could walk over it despite heavy rain.

In popular culture

* Comedian Laddi sang about Austurstræti in a popular pop song with the same name. Its opening lines are: () * The pop song "Fröken Reykjavík" by Jónas and Jón Múla Árnason begins with the question: () * Poet

Tómas Guðmundsson Tómas Guðmundsson (6 January 1901 – 14 November 1983) was an Icelandic writer. He was known as Reykjavík's poet ''(Reykjavíkurskáldið, skáld Reykjavíkur)''. Tómas's parents were Steinunn Þorsteinsdóttir and Guðmundur Ögmundsson, liv ...

wrote the poem "", which includes the lines: ()

References

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