Reykjavik’s Ridiculously Good-Looking Mayor Kicks Off Icelandair’s Flights From PHL
Photo courtesy of Sigurjón Ragnar via Philadelphia International Airport
Today is the first day you can fly nonstop between Philly and Iceland via Icelandair.
And just in case you need any other reason to go to Iceland, Reykjavik’s mayor, Dagur Bergþóruson Eggertsson, could probably convince you. Really. Look at him.
Eggertsson, wearing a sleek gray suit and looking like an older, huskier version of Jamie Dornan, graced the city today while Mayor Jim Kenney gave him a tour to celebrate Icelandair’s inaugural flight.
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The Icelandair flights, which take about five hours and 30 minutes, will depart from Philadelphia four days a week – typically taking off around 8:35 p.m. and landing at the Keflavik International Airport around 6:10 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time. For flight info and prices, check Icelandair’s website.
Chances are there were many double takes as Kenney and Eggertsson strolled through our streets today.
.@PhillyMayor Jim Kenney welcomes Reykjavik Mayor Dagur Eggertsson and visitors from Iceland to Philadelphia for @Icelandair launch at PHL. pic.twitter.com/xzilPaKRTR
— PHLAirport (@PHLAirport) May 29, 2017
.@PhillyMayor Jim Kenney (center) with @Icelandair CEO Birkir Holm Guonason and Reykjavik Mayor Dagur Eggertsson at historic Phila City Hall pic.twitter.com/UYJYcyPXN9
— PHLAirport (@PHLAirport) May 29, 2017
Before today's inaugural flight of @Icelandair at @PHLairport, leading Reykjavik Mayor Dagur Eggertsson on a tour of Philadelphia! pic.twitter.com/rNzuUWF6fb
— Mayor Cherelle L. Parker (@PhillyMayor) May 30, 2017
Eggertsson, who became Reykjavik’s mayor in 2014 after serving as the vice chairman of the Social Democratic Alliance, has been called “the next Trudeau” (probably entirely because of his looks). Apparently, we’re not the only ones admiring him.
Also if you think I am exaggerating about how handsome Reykjavik's mayor is, nope pic.twitter.com/wQGjWkbj1V
— Dan Kois (@dankois) April 19, 2016
FFS look at Reykjavik's mayor! Why are we stuck with Shinners and the occasional Ahern?! https://t.co/tQTU2JHSVc
— Eoin McDonagh ISE (@eoinmcdon) November 7, 2015
Reykjavik’s mayor: friendly, rarely drinks in public, can rock business casual http://t.co/D2yNVTVK9i @IcelandNatural pic.twitter.com/EaPmoaYYFK
— Emily Hopkins is reporting for Mirror Indy (@indyemapolis) March 14, 2015
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