{"id":8769,"date":"2013-08-01T19:30:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T19:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=8769"},"modified":"2013-09-13T22:49:52","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T22:49:52","slug":"kopavogur-main-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/kopavogur-main-library\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u00f3pavogur Main Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Written 29 August 2013]<\/p>\n<p>This was a sleepy Thursday. \u00a0As in: the parents were sleepy, and the kids were antsy and bored. \u00a0So I handed Anna <a href=\"http:\/\/fyrirborn.is\/about\/\">this What-to-do-with-children-in-the-city-area book<\/a> and told her to pick an activity. \u00a0She came up with a school playground we&#8217;d never visited, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.borgarbokasafn.is\/\">Reykjavik&#8217;s Main Library<\/a>\u00a0(both relatively far away).<\/p>\n<p>When she handed me the book I looked at the next page and saw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bokasafnkopavogs.is\/\">K\u00f3pavogur&#8217;s Main Library<\/a> and realized I&#8217;d NEVER BEEN THERE! \u00a0(And I loooooove libraries!) \u00a0This was extra pitiful because I biked past the library building almost every day on my way to work.<\/p>\n<p>So to the library we went. \u00a0And of course we discoverd that they have a pretty darn cool nature-museum on the first floor with tons of stuffed animals, cool rocks, and fish tanks. \u00a0(See photos, this post has 4 photos total.)<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_8770\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134123.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8770\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8770\" alt=\"Siblings by some ex-sea life.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134123.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134123.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134123-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siblings by some ex-sea-ish life.<\/p><\/div><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8771\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134030.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8771\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8771\" alt=\"A hallway of pretty rocks.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134030.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134030.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134030-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A hallway of pretty rocks.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8772\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134644.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8772\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8772\" alt=\"The library is on three floors.  The children's section is on the third floor, and they have a nice couch there and this great reading hut.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134644.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134644.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134644-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The library is on three floors. The children&#8217;s section is on the third floor, and they have a nice couch there and this great reading hut.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8773\" style=\"width: 449px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_135546.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8773\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8773\" alt=\"Readers in the reading hut.  I signed both kids up for (free!) library cards, and took some books home.  I look forward to going there again! :)\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_135546.jpg\" width=\"439\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_135546.jpg 439w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_135546-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Readers in the reading hut. I signed both kids up for (free!) library cards, and took some books home. I look forward to going there again! \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Written 29 August 2013]<\/p>\n<p>This was a sleepy Thursday. \u00a0As in: the parents were sleepy, and the kids were antsy and bored. \u00a0So I handed Anna <a href=\"http:\/\/fyrirborn.is\/about\/\">this What-to-do-with-children-in-the-city-area book<\/a> and told her to pick an activity. \u00a0She came up with a school playground we&#8217;d never visited, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.borgarbokasafn.is\/\">Reykjavik&#8217;s Main Library<\/a>\u00a0(both relatively far away).<\/p>\n<p>When she handed me the book I looked at the next page and saw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bokasafnkopavogs.is\/\">K\u00f3pavogur&#8217;s Main Library<\/a> and realized I&#8217;d NEVER BEEN THERE! \u00a0(And I loooooove libraries!) \u00a0This was extra pitiful because I biked past the library building almost every day on my way to work.<\/p>\n<p>So to the library we went. \u00a0And of course we discoverd that they have a pretty darn cool nature-museum on the first floor with tons of stuffed animals, cool rocks, and fish tanks. \u00a0(See photos, this post has 4 photos total.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8770\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134123.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8770\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8770\" alt=\"Siblings by some ex-sea life.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134123.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134123.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130801_134123-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-8770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siblings by some ex-sea-ish life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/kopavogur-main-library\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-container col-md-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8774,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8769\/revisions\/8774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}