Tjorn

Tjorn is a beautiful ancient pond located a stone's throw from Reykjavik's old town. The first Viking settlers here picked a small plot of land between Tjorn and the harbor, so the city group up alongside the pond over the last1000 years. Today, Tjorn is a peaceful place with hundreds of waterfowl, including the champion migrating bird, the arctic tern.

	A pair of swans navigate the shoreline.

			A corregated iron church along the pond's eastern shore.
	Behind the church you can see the towering concrete cathedral of Reykjavik.

	A beautiful array of ducks call Tjorn home.
	Tourists feed the birds from a small dock.

	A small island within the pond is home to many birds.		This beautiful duck appeared to be a cross between two of the breeds frequenting the pond.
			A wind-blown Susanne poses by the pond.
	Susanne along the waterfront, not far from Old Town.		Susanne watches the birds in an adjacent pond.
	This part of the pond is home to a flock of artic terns.		The terns spend half the year in Antarctic waters, then travel half way around the world to nest in Iceland each May.
	After their chicks are old enough to fly, the terns head south through Europe and Africa back to Antarctica.		A view of old town Reykjavik.
	The old town, with one of the pond's islets in the foreground.