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The mayor of Reykjavik jumps into a pool wearing a suit - VIDEO

Mr. Jon Gnarr, the mayor of Reykjavik, wearing a pink suit. Mr. Jon Gnarr, the mayor of Reykjavik, wearing a pink suit.

Mr. Jon Gnarr, the mayor of Reykjavik, posted on his Facebook page, a video of himself jumping into a swimming pool wearing a suit. He did the jump yesterday after his speech at the opening ceremony for the Reykjavik International Games 2013.

You can see Mr. Gnarr jump into the pool in the following video after giving a short speech in Icelandic, where he says that he is going to do something that he always wanted to do.

 

Jón Gnarr Mayor of Reykjavik - Pool Jump from News Of Iceland on Vimeo.

 

Last modified on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 09:40
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