![](https://i0.wp.com/grapevine.is/wp-content/uploads/BIC9139_by_bicnick.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&quality=99&ssl=1 )
Reykjavík’s Tjörnin pond freezes over completely in winter. The ice is thick enough to walk over, and it becomes a popular spot to feed the ducks and take a weekend stroll.
![Photo by <a href="//bicnick.com”">Art Bicnick</a> Photo by Art Bicnick](https://i0.wp.com/grapevine.is/wp-content/uploads/BIC9094_by_bicnick.jpg?w=299&h=199&quality=99&ssl=1)
![Photo by <a href="//bicnick.com”">Art Bicnick</a> Photo by Art Bicnick](https://i0.wp.com/grapevine.is/wp-content/uploads/BIC9105_by_bicnick-1.jpg?w=299&h=199&quality=99&ssl=1)
It’s also a good surface for a game of football. Taken at the weekend, here’s a gallery of some hardy souls practicing their smiting despite low temperatures of -8 degrees Celcius. Russia really doesn’t know what’s coming in 2018.
![Photo by <a href="//bicnick.com”">Art Bicnick</a> Photo by Art Bicnick](https://i0.wp.com/grapevine.is/wp-content/uploads/BIC9191_by_bicnick.jpg?w=401&h=267&quality=99&ssl=1)
![Photo by <a href="//bicnick.com”">Art Bicnick</a> Photo by Art Bicnick](https://i0.wp.com/grapevine.is/wp-content/uploads/BIC9135_by_bicnick.jpg?w=197&h=132&quality=99&ssl=1)
![Photo by <a href="//bicnick.com”">Art Bicnick</a> Photo by Art Bicnick](https://i0.wp.com/grapevine.is/wp-content/uploads/BIC9110_by_bicnick.jpg?w=197&h=131&quality=99&ssl=1)
![Photo by <a href="//bicnick.com”">Art Bicnick</a> Photo by Art Bicnick](https://i0.wp.com/grapevine.is/wp-content/uploads/BIC9184_by_bicnick-1.jpg?w=198&h=132&quality=99&ssl=1)
![Photo by <a href="//bicnick.com”">Art Bicnick</a> Photo by Art Bicnick](https://i0.wp.com/grapevine.is/wp-content/uploads/BIC9129_by_bicnick.jpg?w=198&h=132&quality=99&ssl=1)
![Photo by <a href="//bicnick.com”">Art Bicnick</a> Photo by Art Bicnick](https://i0.wp.com/grapevine.is/wp-content/uploads/BIC9127_by_bicnick-1.jpg?w=198&h=132&quality=99&ssl=1)
![Photo by <a href="//bicnick.com”">Art Bicnick</a> Photo by Art Bicnick](https://i0.wp.com/grapevine.is/wp-content/uploads/BIC9177_by_bicnick-1.jpg?w=299&h=199&quality=99&ssl=1)
![Photo by <a href="//bicnick.com”">Art Bicnick</a> Photo by Art Bicnick](https://i0.wp.com/grapevine.is/wp-content/uploads/BIC9204_by_bicnick.jpg?w=299&h=199&quality=99&ssl=1)
Read more football stories here.
Buy subscriptions, t-shirts and more from our shop right here!