15,000 light bulbs decorate the single best-dressed house in the south-western Icelandic town of Reykjanesbaer – but it’s not just one house: the entire neighbourhood is often called the Las Vegas of the North.
The homeowner, Gretar Olason orders all his decorations from the USA and takes a whole week to decorate his home.
Reykjanesbaer has been running an annual competition for residents’ outdoor Christmas decorations for the last 11 years and taxi driver Gretar Olason has been the most frequent winner, according to Visir.is. It is fairly safe to say already that he is going to win this year too because, despite the kreppa (recession), he has continued to improve his display. Olason’s Christmas lighting has increased from 10-12,000 light bulbs in previous years to 15,000 this year.
Is the Christmas decorating competition particularly fierce? “Yes, I would say so. I’m not doing this just for the competition though, as you can see. But when there’s a prize on offer, of course I want to win it,” Olason said.
He says he doesn’t give too much thought to how much this particular hobby costs, both in materials and electricity; but he turns the lights off every year on 6th January.
Olason says he particularly enjoys when people stop outside his house and says everybody is welcome to go and have a look.
Scientists have finally located the real cause of global warming…
To Jimbo:
Don´t be such a jerk! It should lift your spirit up (at least for the sake of Christmas) and be back again to face the real world afterwards.
Chick, Joke. Joke, Chick.
what is his exact address? After Christmas…some friends will visit us…and I think they will enjoy seeing such thing. any help?
It’s 15,000 lightbulbs! Tell them to look out of the window as they land :) .
If they miss it, check out the map here:
http://rnb.is/default.asp?cat_id=14&module_id=220&element_id=3206
Seems to be Týsvellir 1, Reykjanesbaer.
“Gabriel said:
“what is his exact address?”
According to my spy network who are far more relyable resource than the MI5 and its taxi drivers, its Ránargata :)
Ránarvellir not Ránargata
http://rnb.is/upload/files/kort_04.pdf
chick – Ignoring the impact on global warming and our children’s future, there’s also potential disruption to bird migration if they think spring has arrived early…
thanks guys for help.