In August the Reykjavík City Council approved a motion to have a street in the Höfði industrial district renamed “Svarthöfði”, which is the name of Darth Vader in Icelandic. Yesterday, Thursday afternoon, as the latest Star Wars movie is being premiered around the world, the Mayor of Reykjavík unveiled the new street sign at a official ceremony.
Read more: Reykjavík names a street after Darth Vader from Star Wars
The photograph of the moment was published on the mayor´s Twitter feed.
Svarthöfði kominn á sinn stað! pic.twitter.com/IXtKrNwo9T
— Dagur B. Eggertsson (@Dagurb) December 17, 2015
The new Darth Vader Street, or Svarthöfði is located in the industrial district Höfði. All the streets in the industrial district are named something “-höfði”, which means “cape” or “head” in Icelandic. The new Svarthöfði had previously been named Stórhöfði, or Great-cape. As it might take time for maps to update, visitors who want to find the Darth Vader street should therefore search for Stórhöfði.
Read more: House numbers on Darth Vader street to be arranged Star Wars-style
The idea of renaming one of the streets in the district Svarthöfði had come up in the Better Reykjavík democratic initiative, which was launched in 2010. The idea was proposed by a local man, Óli Gneisti Sóleyjarson, who accompanied the mayor to the official changing of the street signs along the new Darth Vader street.
In August the Reykjavík City Council approved a motion to have a street in the Höfði industrial district renamed “Svarthöfði”, which is the name of Darth Vader in Icelandic. Yesterday, Thursday afternoon, as the latest Star Wars movie is being premiered around the world, the Mayor of Reykjavík unveiled the new street sign at a official ceremony.
Read more: Reykjavík names a street after Darth Vader from Star Wars
The photograph of the moment was published on the mayor´s Twitter feed.
Svarthöfði kominn á sinn stað! pic.twitter.com/IXtKrNwo9T
— Dagur B. Eggertsson (@Dagurb) December 17, 2015
The new Darth Vader Street, or Svarthöfði is located in the industrial district Höfði. All the streets in the industrial district are named something “-höfði”, which means “cape” or “head” in Icelandic. The new Svarthöfði had previously been named Stórhöfði, or Great-cape. As it might take time for maps to update, visitors who want to find the Darth Vader street should therefore search for Stórhöfði.
Read more: House numbers on Darth Vader street to be arranged Star Wars-style
The idea of renaming one of the streets in the district Svarthöfði had come up in the Better Reykjavík democratic initiative, which was launched in 2010. The idea was proposed by a local man, Óli Gneisti Sóleyjarson, who accompanied the mayor to the official changing of the street signs along the new Darth Vader street.
